Nuisance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Questus est nobis
Questus est nobis, a writ of nuisance which, by 15 Edw. 1, lay against him to whom a house or other thing that caused a
Quod permittat prosternere
Quod permittat prosternere, a writ, in the nature of a writ of right, to abate a nuisance, Fitz. N.B. 104. Abolished. Means 'that he permit to abate'. A writ to abate a nuisance, similar in
Pourpresture or purpresture
Pourpresture or purpresture [fr. pourpris, Fr., an inclosure], anything done to the nuisance or hurt of the King's demesnes, or the highways, etc., by enclosure or building, endeavouring to make that
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Scold
who, by brawling and wranging amongst her neighbours, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nuisance to the neighbourhood, 4 Steph. Com. see CASTIGATORY. A person who regularly breaks the peace by scolding people,
Animals
London, has provided that no person shall keep any noisy animal which shall be or cause a serious nuisance to residents in the neighbourhood, but no proceeding can be taken until after the expiration of a fortnight
Continuing nuisances
Continuing nuisances, may amount to a further tort of nuisance; this is called a continuing nuisance, Taberley v. Henry W
per se
or doctrine, or case law [the transaction was illegal per se] see also negligence per se at negligence nuisance per se at nuisance 2 : without proof of special damages or reference to extrinsic circumstances [defamatory statements
Abatement
forcibly or fraudulently a person seised of the freehold out of possession, Co. Litt. 277a. (2) Abatement of Nuisances.-A remedy allowed by law to a person injured by a nuisance to remove or put an end to
Barbed-wire
A local authority can require the removal of barbed wire adjoining a highway when it thus constitutes a nuisance; but on lands not adjoining a highway a person is in general under no liability for the use
Misdemeanour
LR 1 CCR 77; sale of provisions unfit for food, R. v. Dixon, (1814) 3 M&S 11; public nuisances (see NUISANCE); and very many other offences, which are misdemeanours at Common Law. 'In the present state of
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