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COMMON NUISANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common nuisance mean?
• COMMON NUISANCE (noun)
The noun COMMON NUISANCE has 1 sense:
1. a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public
Familiarity information: COMMON NUISANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
common nuisance; public nuisance
Context example:
a public nuisance offends the public at large
Hypernyms ("common nuisance" is a kind of...):
nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)
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