nuisance

     

Nuisance is a common law tort. It is one of the olest causes of action known to the common law, with cases framed in nuisance going back almost to the beginning of recorded case law. Nuisance signifies that the right of quiet enjoyment is being disrupted to such a degree that a tort is being committed.

Trivia about nuisance

  • In law, when you're doing something that's offensive to the community, you're a public this
  • (Judge Hatchett delivers the clue.) Your neighbor's bad cooking odors may not be classified as one of these, but his annoying wind chimes may
  • From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying

Users that searched for nuisance