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MISCONDUCT – is malfeasance; the performance of
some act, which ought not to be done. It is the doing,
either through ignorance, inattention or malice, of that
which the officer had no legal right to do at all, as where
he act without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds,
ignores, or abuses his powers.

MISFEASANCE – is the irregularities in the
performance of duty; improper performance of
some act which might lawfully be done.

MISLEADING QUESTION – a question which cannot
be answered without making an unintended
admission.

MISPRISION OF TREASON – every person owing
allegiance to the government of the Philippine
Islands, without being a foreigner, and having
knowledge of any conspiracy against them,
conceals or does not disclose and make known the
same, as soon as possible to the governor or fiscal
of the province, or the mayor or the fiscal of the
city in which he resides.

MISSFIRE – a condition where a cartridge do not fire
when firing pin strikes the primer.

MISTAKE OF FACT – is a misapprehension of fact on
the part of the person who caused injury to
another.

MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES – the which, if
present in the commission of the crime, do not
entirely free the actor from criminal liability but
only serve to reduce the penalty.

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