A misdeed or trespass. The doing what a party ought to do improperly. 1 Tidd, Pr. 4. The Improper perform-ance of some act which a man may lawfully do. 3 Steph. Comm. 460. And see Bell v. Josselyn, 3 Gray (Mass.) 309, 63 Am. Dec. 741; Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Foulks, 191 111. 57, 60 N. E. 890; Dudley v. Flemingsburg, 115 Ky. 5, 72 S. W. 327, 60 L. R. A. 575, 103 Am. St. Rep. 253
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
