Nuisance

  • 111abatable nuisance — noun a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless) the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law • Hypernyms: ↑nuisance …

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  • 112make a nuisance of yourself — phrase to do something that causes difficulty or trouble for other people I hope the kids didn’t make too much of a nuisance of themselves. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: nuisance …

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  • 113Private nuisance — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone …

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  • 114Public nuisance — Public Pub lic, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See {People}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to {private}; as, the… …

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  • 115abatable nuisance — n. A nuisance that can be reduced. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 116public nuisance — UK / US noun Word forms public nuisance : singular public nuisance plural public nuisances 1) [countable/uncountable] legal an activity that offends most of the people in a place, for example being noisy or showing offensive sexual behaviour 2)… …

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  • 117abatement of nuisance — The extinction or termination of a nuisance whether effected physically by or under the direction of the party injured by the nuisance, or by suit instituted by him. See summary abatement …

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  • 118assize of nuisance — A common law writ for nuisance with the two fold purpose of abatement and the recovery of damages. At common law this writ did not lie against the alienee of a wrongdoer, for the purchaser was to take the land in the same condition it was… …

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  • 119common nuisance — A public nuisance, that is a condition of things which is prejudicial to the health, comfort, safety, property, sense of decency or morals of the citizens at large, resulting either from an act not warranted by law, or from neglect of a duty… …

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  • 120per accidens nuisance — An act, occupation, or structure not a nuisance per se, but one which may become a nuisance by reason of circumstances, location, or surroundings. 39 Am J1st Nuis § 11 …

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