feasance

[fee-zuh ns]

noun Law.

the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.

Origin of feasance

1530–40; < Anglo-French fesa(u)nce, Old French faisance, equivalent to fais- (variant stem of faire ≪ Latin facere to do) + -ance -ance

Word Origin and History for feasance

1530s, from Anglo-French fesance, from Old French faisance "action, deed, enactment," from faisant, present participle of faire "to make, do" (from Latin facere; see factitious).