Abatable Nuisance - Law Dictionary Search Results
abate
battre to beat] vt 1 a : to put an end to or do away with [ a nuisance] b : make void : nullify [ an action] 2 : to reduce in amount esp. proportionately [ … abate abat·ed abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a-, prefix stressing result + battre to beat]
Public health
many of the Public Health Acts (Water, 1878); (Fruit Pickers' Lodgings, 1882); (Ships, etc., 1885); (Ports, 1896); Smoke Abatement, except ss. 4 and 12, 1926; and the Public Health Act, 1904. The Act of 1936 is voluminous, … sanitary point of view, sewage and sewers, drains and cesspools, filthy or verminuous premises or persons, public conveniences, nuisances, offensive trades, smoke, water supply (works, wells, charges, supply waste); prevention, notification and treatment of diseases; preventing spread
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