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a bell or other sounding device actuated by a push button at an outer door the push button activating the bell alos the ringing of such a bell as I was in the shower and didnt hear the doorbell...
Bell
Bell. As to rent by ringing church bells, see Doe d. Edney v. Benham, (1845) 7 QB 976; and for a case of nuisance by bell-ringing, see Soltau v. De Held, (1851) 2 Sim NS 133. As to annoyance in street by ringing doorbell, see (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 28; (English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47), s. 54; and STREET OFFENCES....
Street offences
Street offences. For list of these, see Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (Chit. Stat., tit. 'Police'), s. 28 (applied among ss. 21-29 to urban districts by s. 171 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 [38 & 39 Vict. c. 55 (Chit. Stat., tit. 'Public Health')], and s. 54 of the Metropolitan Police Acts of 1839 and 1867 [Chit. Stat., tit. 'Police (Metropolis)']. Thirty kinds of offences are specified in the Act of 1847, and seventeen in the Act of 1839. The offences specified in each Act comprise riding or driving furiously, loitering by common prostitute for prostitution, sliding on ice or snow, disturbance by ringing doorbell, discharging firearms, making bonfires, or setting fire to fireworks, and allowing ferocious dogs to be at large. The Act of 1847 also includes keeping swine, and obstructing footways. The Act of 1839 also includes bill posting on buildings without consent of owner, 'blowing horns or any other noisy instrument for the purpose of calling persons together, or of anno...
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