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Definition of Nuisance value
1. Noun. The quality of an embarrassing situation. "He sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuisance Value
Literary usage of Nuisance value
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"nuisance value A "nuisance value" is the value of ' franchise "because it may be
used to hind-: or defraud another enterprise, although «• self conferring ..."
2. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"8, 89 CCA 139, in suit to enjoin maintenance- of nuisance, value of right to
maintain same determines amount in controversy; Board of Trustees v. ..."
3. Some Legal Phases of Corporate Financing, Reorganization, and Regulation by Francis Lynde Stetson (1917)
"... by which I mean a person who seeks by creating a nuisance value for himself
to force the payment of an amount wholly disproportionate to his interest in ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1916)
"... and is sued by the latter for damages for so running the road as to constitute
a nuisance. Value evidence as to the depreciation of the plaintiff's ..."
5. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"Certain " persons in Fourteenth Street," Mr. Thorne further testified, had to be
bought off because of their " nuisance value," but precisely what was the ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... Holden for Value; Innocent Holder for Value; Insurable Value ; Intrinsic Value;
Market Value; Money Value; nuisance value; Par Value; Prospective Value; ..."