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private nuisance

Matched in: Term private nuisance

nuisance to remove or put an end to it by his own act. Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance may be abated, that is, taken away or removed, by urban sanitary authorities and other

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Matched in: Term nuisance

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and everything that renders the enjoyment of life and property hazardous and uncomfortable. In the case of a private nuisance, there must be such an injury as from its nature is not susceptible of being compensated by damages,

Pourpresture or purpresture

or hurt of the King's demesnes, or the highways, etc., by enclosure or building, endeavouring to make that private which ought to be public; see Co. Litt. 277 b. The difference between a purpresture and a public … 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

abatement

or process of abating or the state of being abated [challenged the of her bequest] [ of a private nuisance by self-help "W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton"] 2 : an amount abated : deduction ;esp :

Annoisance or Annoyance

Annoisance or Annoyance [fr. annoiare, It.; ennuter, Fr.], any hurt done to a place, public or private, by placing anything thereon that may breed infection, or by encroachment, or such-like means. It is the same … thereon that may breed infection, or by encroachment, or such-like means. It is the same as noisance or nuisance, 22 Hen. 8, c. 5.

Public right

Public right. A right enjoyed by the public as distinguished from private or personal rights attached to the personalty of an individual. Public rights exist at Common Law, such as … Council, (1903) 1 Ch 109; and David v. Britannic Merthyr Coal Co., (1909) 2 KB 146. See NEGLIGENCE; NUISANCE.

Prerogative of mercy

In early times, again, there were fewer offences that did not admit of being pardoned. In appeals (i.e., private accusations of felony) which were not the suit of the King, but of the party injured, the prosecutor … of Ashford v. Thornton, (1818) 1 B&A 405. Blackstone observes that the King could not pardon a common nuisance while it remains unredressed, or so as to prevent an abatement of it; though afterwards he might remit

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