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- noun Plural form of
nuisance .
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Examples
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To-day the number of things that the law calls nuisances is so great that it takes hundreds of pages to describe them.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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Next, goats and other animals interfering with safety were described as nuisances, and legal protection against them was worked out.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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Dr. Barnes, Oivind Toien and colleagues studied five black bears - three males and two females - that Alaska wildlife officials had classified as nuisances and had removed from areas around people.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RANDOLPH E. SCHMID 2011
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Some yard sales in Shepherdsville will now be classified as nuisances under new rules approved by the City Council.
unknown title 2009
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Health problems were created not only by large numbers of people living in unprecedented proximity, but also by a burgeoning, if still chemically primitive, industry: the "nuisances" of noxious gases and acids discharged in sludge; dangerous products (e.g., kerosene that contained explosive naphtha fractions); and adulterated food, beverages, and cosmetics.
Chandler, Charles F. 2008
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Health problems were created not only by large numbers of people living in unprecedented proximity, but also by a burgeoning, if still chemically primitive, industry: the "nuisances" of noxious gases and acids discharged in sludge; dangerous products (e.g., kerosene that contained explosive naphtha fractions); and adulterated food, beverages, and cosmetics.
Chandler, Charles F. 2008
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And maybe this is one route to go for hospitals as well, considering such pesky "nuisances" as MRSA and C. difficile demand individual accommodations instead of wards.
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Complaints about excess light produced by a residential, commercial or industrial development are addressed through the city's zoning ordinance - the same one regulating odors, smoke, noise and other "nuisances" produced on a property, Henson said.
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So I don't think it is possible to dismiss these things as merely "nuisances".
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One of the things I discovered was common-law powers—powers not enumerated in the statutes—giving the attorney general authority to regulate “public nuisances,” cases in which no one else had jurisdiction and individuals could not protect themselves.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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