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  • Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence...
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  • exercise or enjoyment of any right common to all". And also, public nuisance is a criminal offense at some common law and by statute under some states...
    17 KB (2,596 words) - 10:13, 6 June 2024
  • Maintaining a common nuisance is a legal term for anyone knowingly using or renting out a place for people to make, sell, or use illegal drugs. It can...
    782 bytes (79 words) - 22:55, 12 December 2021
  • Thumbnail for Nuisance wildlife management
    Nuisance wildlife management is the selective removal of problem individuals or populations of specific species of wildlife. Other terms for the field...
    15 KB (1,848 words) - 05:09, 26 April 2024
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    usually small, black or gray, with short legs, and antennae. They are a common nuisance for humans, and many U.S. states have programs to suppress the black...
    18 KB (1,998 words) - 21:56, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crassula ovata
    darker, dry spell. C. ovata is sometimes attacked by mealybugs, a common nuisance of the succulents. The jade plant is also known for its ease of propagation...
    12 KB (1,513 words) - 06:24, 21 July 2024
  • cosmetic damage in the form of dents and damaged coatings. Hail is also a common nuisance to drivers of automobiles, severely denting the vehicle and cracking...
    51 KB (5,813 words) - 04:49, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Attractive nuisance doctrine
    appreciate the hazard, the doctrine of attractive nuisance will not likely apply. Under the old common law, the plaintiff (either the child, or a parent...
    10 KB (1,136 words) - 12:21, 22 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Helen Menken
    cast) on February 9, 1927. Menken was charged with “contributing to a common nuisance “and “obscene exhibition.” This arrest, reflecting 1920s attitudes...
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  • sentenced on December 20, 2004, after pleading guilty to charges of common nuisance stemming from the contamination—Stan to one year in jail, and Frank...
    61 KB (8,139 words) - 13:56, 12 September 2024
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    on the ground can also be hazardous to landing aircraft. Hail is a common nuisance to drivers of automobiles, severely denting the vehicle and cracking...
    52 KB (5,565 words) - 00:52, 29 August 2024
  • Nuisance in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into two torts; private nuisance, where the actions of the defendant are "causing a substantial...
    32 KB (4,049 words) - 22:15, 6 August 2024
  • Tort (category Civil law (common law))
    England and many other common law jurisdictions, this precedent is used to impose strict liability on certain areas of nuisance law and is strictly "a...
    164 KB (21,984 words) - 22:20, 7 September 2024
  • four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and one of common nuisance. The counts of criminal negligence were specific to four victims who...
    26 KB (2,828 words) - 03:18, 3 September 2024
  • manslaughter, 3 for manslaughter and maintaining a common nuisance, and 1 for maintaining a common nuisance. Those indicted were: James J. Hendrick, city building...
    10 KB (1,264 words) - 20:50, 5 July 2024
  • plaintiff of the possession of the same. Nuisance – Denial of quiet enjoyment to owners of real property. A private nuisance is an unreasonable, unwarranted,...
    14 KB (1,929 words) - 12:17, 30 October 2023
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    sentenced on December 20, 2004, after pleading guilty to charges of common nuisance stemming from the contamination—Stan to one year in jail, and Frank...
    6 KB (818 words) - 20:20, 11 September 2024
  • to keep or manage a "common bawdy house" (brothel) Title 26 - Nuisances, Bawdy Houses 356. Everyone who commits any common nuisance which endangers the...
    11 KB (1,106 words) - 07:15, 8 July 2024
  • A nuisance ordinance, also referred to as a crime-free ordinance or a disorderly house ordinance, is a local law usually passed on the town, city, or municipality...
    13 KB (1,642 words) - 23:15, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for R v Cuerrier
    Williams of Newfoundland was charged with aggravated assault, and common nuisance in a controversial 2003 decision, which overturned a 2000 sentencing...
    11 KB (1,406 words) - 06:45, 3 September 2024
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