improperly

improperly
Acting in a manner which is unsuitable, unfitting, or wrong, especially in reference to the time, place, and circumstances. In connection with the conduct of a person, acting in a manner much different from that which a man of ordinary and reasonable care and prudence would have followed under the circumstances of the case. Cairnes v Hillman Drug Co. 214 Ala 545, 547, 108 So 362.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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