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COMMON NUISANCE(law)

nuisance (iou)



nuisance noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French (now arch.) = hurt, from nuis- stem of nuire injure from Latin nocere: see -ANCE.]
Injury, hurt, harm. arch. LME.
Something harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. LME.
Law Times Repair the drain so as to abate the nuisance complained of.
Any person or thing causing annoyance, inconvenience, or trouble; an irksome situation or circumstance, a source of irritation. M17.
V. Woolf The pigeons were a nuisance..making a mess on the steps. R. K. Narayan It'll be a nuisance to maintain the garden. Lancaster Guardian Potential nuisances, such as dust, noise and increased traffic.
Comb. & phrases: nuisance ground Canad. a rubbish dump; nuisance raid a bombing attack intended only to inconvenience or disrupt the enemy; nuisance value the value or importance of a person or thing arising from the capacity to be a nuisance; PUBLIC nuisance.
nuisancey, nuisancy adjectives annoying, irritating L20.