See also: Nuisance Public Private Attractive Behavior
1. Nuisance is a fine example of a word that has taken on a weakened meaning
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2. A person or thing that causes annoyance or bother (as modifier) Nuisance calls law something unauthorized that is obnoxious or injurious to the community at large (public Nuisance) or to an individual, esp in relation to his ownership or occupation of property (private Nuisance)
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3. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother: Having to stand in line was a Nuisance. The disruptive child was a Nuisance to the class
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4. Something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you: I've forgotten my umbrella - what a Nuisance! [ + -ing verb ] It's such a Nuisance hav ing to rewrite those letters
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5. Nuisance originally was used to refer to things that could produce serious injury and harm, but over time the word lost some of its capacity for destruction
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6. Nowadays you’ll hear Nuisance used to describe things or people that cause small problems or that bother you in annoying but trivial ways.
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7. 32 synonyms of Nuisance from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 41 related words, definitions, and antonyms
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8. Nuisance: one who is obnoxiously annoying.
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9. Find 47 ways to say Nuisance, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.
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10. Nuisance, in law, a human activity or a physical condition that is harmful or offensive to others and gives rise to a cause of action
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11. A public Nuisance created in a public place or on public land, or affecting the morals, safety, or health of the community, is considered an offense against the state.
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12. A private Nuisance means there has been a loss of the use or enjoyment of property without an actual physical invasion of that property
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13. A public Nuisance is one that has more far reaching effects.
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14. Both in everyday vernacular and in legal terms, a Nuisance is something that causes an annoyance
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15. If a Nuisance causes problems to the general public, it's classified as a public Nuisance. If, on the other hand, a Nuisance interferes with the right of specific person or entity, it is considered a private Nuisance.
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16. To make a formal complaint, a Citizen's Complaint Affidavit may be completed and mailed or emailed to the Nuisance Abatement Unit
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17. All complaints must include the exact address of the alleged Nuisance property and …
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18. What does Nuisance mean? An act, condition, thing, or person causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience
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19. Nuisance n [Anglo-French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre] : something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another's rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of property) by being offensive, annoying, dangerous, obstructive, or unhealthful
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20. The plaintiff in a Nuisance case can recover damages for harms suffered
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21. The creator of the Nuisance will be liable for compensatory damages, covering the value lost due to the Nuisance and any reduction in property value
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22. In addition, if the Nuisance is an ongoing activity, the court may issue an injunction ordering the harmful activity to cease.
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23. Penal Code 372 PC is the California statute that prohibits a person from creating or maintaining a public Nuisance.Civil Code 3480 defines this as an activity that “affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.”
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24. It is pertinent to note that the common law of England recognizes that Nuisance may either be public Nuisance, or private Nuisance
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25. Public Nuisance: A public Nuisance is an unlawful act or omission to discharge a legal duty, which act or omission endangers the lives, safety, health, property or comfort of the public.
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26. Countable noun [usually singular] If you say that someone or something is a Nuisance, you mean that they annoy you or cause you a lot of problems
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27. He could be a bit of a Nuisance when he was drunk
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28. Nuisance law serves a regulatory function: it induces actors to choose the socially preferred level of an activity by imposing liability when the externalized costs of the activity are
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29. Definition of Nuisance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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30. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother: Having to stand in line was a Nuisance
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31. The disruptive child was a Nuisance to the class
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32. Private Nuisance was defined in Bamford v Turnley, where George Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell defined it as "any continuous activity or state of affairs causing a substantial and unreasonable interference with a [claimant's] land or his use or enjoyment of that land".
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33. Nuisances can include noxious smells, noise, burning, misdirection of water onto other property, illegal gambling, unauthorized collections of rusting autos, indecent
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34. The term Nuisance lawsuit can refer to one of two types of lawsuits
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35. The first is a tort lawsuit of the Nuisance, which is a situation wherein the plaintiff claims that the defendant is causing a Nuisance.
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36. Synonyms for Nuisance in Free Thesaurus
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37. 29 synonyms for Nuisance: trouble, problem, trial, bore, drag, bother, plague, pest, irritation
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38. A public or common Nuisance is such an inconvenience or troublesome offence, as annoys the whole community in general, and not merely some particular person
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39. To constitute a Public Nuisance, there must be such 'a number of persons annoyed, that the offence can no longer be considered a private Nuisance: this is a fact to be judged of by the jury.
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40. A public Nuisance is an unreasonable, unwarranted, or unlawful interference with a right common to the general public
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41. The sheer number of people affected doesn’t transform a private Nuisance into a public one—rather, the public must be affected in a manner specifically prohibited by your city’s or state’s laws.
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42. From Longman Business Dictionary Nuisance nui‧sance / ˈnjuːs ə nsˈnuː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] LAW someone or something that causes public annoyance After a local jury found the noise was a Nuisance, a judge ruled that the bell can no longer ring at night
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43. Movement of vehicles creating public Nuisance Origin Nuisance (1400-1500
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44. See 6 authoritative translations of Nuisance in Spanish with example sentences, phrases and audio pronunciations.
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45. Nuisance: A Tort This article forays into the wide dimensions of the tort of Nuisance
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46. Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenants for creating a Nuisance by smoking cigarettes inside their apartment
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47. A Nuisance to Artie and Bunny, she is a battered underdog who would prefer to be one of the animals her husband tends
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48. To some of us the rain is merely a Nuisance or an inconvenience
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49. Public Nuisance is a tort as well as a crime but civil proceedings may be brought only with the consent of the Attorney-General on a relator action.
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50. Private Nuisance in contrast to the public Nuisance is an act affecting some particular individual or individuals as distinguished from the public at large
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51. 1400, "injury, hurt, harm," from Anglo-French nusaunce, Old French Nuisance "harm, wrong, damage," from past-participle stem of nuire "to harm," from Latin nocere "to hurt" (from PIE root *nek-(1) "death")
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52. ‘The Nuisance and bother that raises its head time and time again in Portlaoise did so again over the weekend.’ ‘However, normally these dumped items will be removed during the programmed cleaning schedule or earlier if they are creating a hazard or a Nuisance.’
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53. A public Nuisance is when a person unreasonably interferes with a right that the general public shares in common
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54. A private Nuisance is when the plaintiff's use and enjoyment of her land is interfered with substantially and unreasonably through a thing or activity.
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55. Florida Condominium associations deal with Nuisance complaints on a regular basis
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56. The challenge in addressing Nuisance issues is defining exactly what constitutes a Nuisance
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57. Generally, Nuisance is defined in Black’s Law Dictionary as “a condition or situation that interferes with the use or enjoyment of property.”
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58. Nuisance is a social construct that is very fact, time, and place specific
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59. Examples of Nuisance in a sentence
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60. Until Jill planted a vegetable garden, she never knew a raccoon could be such a Nuisance
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61. 🔊 The ants in the kitchen are becoming quite a Nuisance
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62. 🔊 According to my doctor, my back pain is simply a Nuisance and not a symptom of another illness
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63. 🔊 The bee was a huge Nuisance as it kept buzzing around
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64. A public Nuisance is one that has the potential to affect the health, safety, welfare, and/or comfort of the general public
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65. In many states, public Nuisances are punishable in criminal court as well as civil
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66. In Irwindale, California, the city council has determined that the spicy fumes from a Sriracha plant were a public Nuisance.
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67. There is a considerable amount of overlap and inter-relationship between the torts of Nuisance and negligence
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68. There can be times when negligence and Nuisance both arise concurrently in a situation.
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