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Caveat viator

does not lose his rights as a member of the public if the defendant was guilty of a public nuisance towards the person injured, Barnes v. Ward, (1850) 9 CB 392; and see also Cooke vs. Midland Great

Exposing

Exposing, in a public thoroughfare a person infected with a contagious disease is a common nuisance, and punishable accordingly, 4 Steph. Com.

Glass

such a nuisance, see (English) Highways Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50), s. 72; (English) Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 76), s. 16; Public Health Act, 1875 (38 &

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Birds

the (English) Wild Birds' Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908. As to nuisances in keeping poultry, etc., see (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 80 and 81. The Act of 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 35) contains … are protected during the breeding season by the (English) Wild Birds' Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908. As to nuisances in keeping poultry, etc., see (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 80 and 81. The Act of 1880

Rope-dancers

Rope-dancers. Unlicensed booths and stages for rope-dancers and mountebanks are public nuisances, and may, upon indictment, be suppressed, and the keepers of them fined, 1 Hawk. P.C. 75, s. … Rope-dancers. Unlicensed booths and stages for rope-dancers and mountebanks are public nuisances, and may, upon indictment, be suppressed, and the keepers of them fined, 1 Hawk. P.C. 75, s. 6.

Lottery

By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared to be public nuisances, and all grants, patents, or licences for the same to be contrary to law; and the (English) … 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared to be public nuisances, and all grants, patents, or licences for the same to be contrary to law; and the (English) Gaming

Pollution

indirectly) as may, or is likely to, create a nuisance or render such water harmful or injurious to public health or safety, or to domestic, commer-cial, industrial, agricultural or other legitimate uses, or to the life and

Public right

Matched in: Term Public right

Common law nuisances

which, apart from statute, violates the principles which the common law lays down for the protection of the public and of individuals in the exercise and enjoyment of their rights, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 34, para … Common law nuisances, is one which, apart from statute, violates the principles which the common law lays down for the protection

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 … 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.

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