Legal Jargons

Word : malfeasance

Meaning : intentionally doing something either legally or morally wrong which one had no right to do.
 
It always involves dishonesty, illegality or knowingly exceeding authority for improper reasons. Malfeasance is distinguished from “misfeasance,” which is committing a wrong or error by mistake, negligence or inadvertence, but not by intentional wrongdoing.
Example : A public official may be tried for incompetence, corruption or malfeasance according to the regular procedure in criminal cases.

Word: scrivener

Meaning : a person who writes a document for another, usually for a fee, a notary

If a lawyer merely writes out the terms of a lease or contract exactly as requested by the client, without giving legal advice, then the lawyer is just a scrivener and is probably not responsible for legal errors (unless they were so obvious as to warrant comment). A non-lawyer may act as a scrivener without getting in trouble for practicing law without a license.
 

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