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Definition of Nuisances
1. nuisance [n] - See also: nuisance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuisances
Literary usage of Nuisances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Extent of Authority over nuisances.— Finally, it may be remarked that the extent
of municipal authority over nuisances depends, of course, upon the powers ..."
2. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep (1896)
"And nuisances are of two kinds : public or common nuisances, which affect the
public, and are an annoyance to all1 the King's subjects ; and private ..."
3. Hand-book of the Law of Torts by Edwin Ames Jaggard (1895)
"KINDS OP nuisances. 239. nuisances for which a private action will lie may be
... Public nuisances affect the public;, and are annoyances to all the king's ..."
4. Principles of the Criminal Law: A Concise Exposition of the Nature of Crime ...by Seymour Frederick Harris, Charles Leete Attenborough by Seymour Frederick Harris, Charles Leete Attenborough (1899)
"COMMON OR PUBLIC nuisances. Nuisance, the Another offence of wide and vaguely
defined ... Public and Common nuisances are such annoyances as are liable ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1873)
"We use the unvarnished term lately adopted for this kind of nuisances by the
Medical Officer of the Local Government Board, Mr. John Simon, not merely ou ..."
6. Handbook on the Law of Torts by William Benjamin Hale, Edwin Ames Jaggard (1896)
"KINDS OF nuisances. 219. nuisances for which a private action will lie may be
... Public nuisances affect the public, and are annoyances to all the king's ..."
7. A Treatise of the Law of Torts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Horace Gay Wood (1876)
"SECTION I.—Of nuisances and injuries from the negligent use and management of
... Of nuisances. 218. nuisances from the non-repair of, or from neglecting to ..."
8. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"The nature of common or public nuisances, and their distinction from private
nuisances, were explained in the preceding volume; when we considered more ..."
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