passive conduct
Behavior that does not involve exerting will on the external world. Cf. active conduct.
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active conduct
Behavior that involves a person doing something by exerting will on the external world. Cf. passive conduct.
nonfeasance
nonfeasance (non-feez-[schwa]nts), n. The failure to act when a duty to act existed. Cf. MALFEASANCE; MISFEASANCE; FEASANCE. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 735; Negligence 200. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 668, 671–672, 682; Negligence §§ 5–13, 15–20, 33, 64.] — nonfeasant, adj. — nonfeasor, n. “Hence there arose very early a difference, still deeply rooted in the law