Misconduct
Mis`con`duct´
MISCONDUCT. Unlawful behaviour by a person entrusted in any degree: with the
administration of justice, by which the rights of the parties and the
justice of the, case may have been affected.
2. A verdict will be set aside when any of the jury have been guilty of
such misconduct, and a court will set aside an award, if it has been
obtained by the misconduct of an arbitrator. 2 Atk. 501, 504; 2 Chit. R. 44;
1 Salk. 71; 3 P. Wms. 362; 1 Dick. 66.
abuse,
abuse of office,
bad policy,
badness,
be negligent,
befoulment,
conversion,
corrupt administration,
crime,
criminal tendency,
criminality,
criminosis,
debasement,
defalcation,
defilement,
desecration,
discourtesy,
disorder,
disorderliness,
disorderly conduct,
disruption,
disruptiveness,
diversion,
do amiss,
embezzlement,
evil courses,
evildoing,
feloniousness,
fouling,
frowned-upon behavior,
hooliganism,
horseplay,
impolicy,
impropriety,
inexpedience,
inexpediency,
lawbreaking,
maladminister,
maladministration,
malfeasance,
malpractice,
malversation,
misadminister,
misadministration,
misapplication,
misapply,
misappropriation,
misbehavior,
miscall,
miscite,
miscount,
misdeal,
misdemeanor,
misdirect,
misdirection,
misdoing,
misemploy,
misemployment,
misfeasance,
misfield,
misgovern,
misgovernment,
misguidance,
misguide,
mishandle,
mishandling,
mismanage,
mismanagement,
misplay,
misprint,
misprision,
misprision of treason,
misquote,
misread,
misreport,
misrule,
misspell,
misusage,
misuse,
naughtiness,
neglect,
negligence,
nonfeasance,
nonsanctioned behavior,
omission,
peculation,
perversion,
pilfering,
pollution,
poor stewardship,
positive misprision,
profanation,
prostitution,
roughhouse,
rowdiness,
rowdyism,
ruffianism,
sin,
thou scarlet sin,
vandalism,
venial sin,
vice,
viciousness,
violation,
wrong conduct