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Nuisance

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Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. [1]

37 relations: Agriculture, Aldred's Case, Annoyance, Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., Case law, Cause of action, Common law, Contempt, Damages, Defendant, Frivolous litigation, Haslem v. Lockwood, Injunction, John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, Land-use planning, Law, Law and economics, Law Reports, Legal remedy, Neglect, Net present value, New South Wales, Nuisance, Plaintiff, Pollution, Public nuisance, Public-order crime, Real property, Robinson v Kilvert, Rylands v Fletcher, Settlement (litigation), Sturges v Bridgman, Thomas Fresh, Tort, Victorian Reports, William Lloyd Prosser, Zoning.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Aldred's Case

Aldred's Case (1610) 9 Co Rep 57b; (1610) 77 ER 816, All ER Rep 622, is an English land law and tort law case on nuisance.

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Annoyance

Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking.

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Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.

Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., was a New York court case in which New York's highest court considered whether permanent damages were an appropriate remedy in lieu of a permanent injunction.

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Case law

Case law is a set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent.

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Cause of action

A cause of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Contempt

Contempt, not classified among Paul Ekman's six basic emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise, is a mixture of disgust and anger.

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Damages

In law, damages are an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury.

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Defendant

A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.

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Frivolous litigation

In law, frivolous litigation is the practice of starting or carrying on lawsuits that, due to their lack of legal merit, have little to no chance of being won.

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Haslem v. Lockwood

Thomas Haslem v. William A. Lockwood, Connecticut, (1871) is an important United States case in property, tort, conversion, trover and nuisance law.

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Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.

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John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly

John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly PC, QC (20 January 1802 – 23 December 1874), known as Sir John Romilly between 1848 and 1866, was an English Whig politician and judge.

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Land-use planning

In urban planning, land-use planning seeks to order and regulate land use in an efficient and ethical way, thus preventing land-use conflicts.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Law and economics

Law and economics or economic analysis of law is the application of economic theory (specifically microeconomic theory) to the analysis of law that began mostly with scholars from the Chicago school of economics.

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Law Reports

The Law Reports is the name of a series of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.

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Legal remedy

A legal remedy, also judicial relief or a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will.

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Neglect

Neglect is a form of abuse where the perpetrator, who is responsible for caring for someone who is unable to care for themselves, fails to do so.

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Net present value

In finance, the net present value (NPV) or net present worth (NPW) is a measurement of profit calculated by subtracting the present values (PV) of cash outflows (including initial cost) from the present values of cash inflows over a period of time.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Nuisance

Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort.

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Plaintiff

A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Public nuisance

In English criminal law, public nuisance is a class of common law offence in which the injury, loss, or damage is suffered by the public, in general, rather than an individual, in particular.

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Public-order crime

In criminology, public-order crime is defined by Siegel (2004) as "crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently", i.e., it is behaviour that has been labelled criminal because it is contrary to shared norms, social values, and customs.

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Real property

In English common law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or affixed to the land, including crops, buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, and roads, among other things.

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Robinson v Kilvert

Robinson v Kilvert (1889) LR 41 ChD 88 is an English tort law case concerning nuisance.

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Rylands v Fletcher

was a decision by the House of Lords which established a new area of English tort law.

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Settlement (litigation)

In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins.

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Sturges v Bridgman

Sturges v Bridgman (1879) LR 11 Ch D 852 is a landmark case in nuisance.

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Thomas Fresh

Thomas Fresh (3 September 1803 – 1861) was a pioneer in British environmental health.

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Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

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Victorian Reports

The Victorian Reports (VR) are a series of law reports which report significant cases from the Supreme Court of Victoria in its first decisions and appeal decisions jurisdictions.

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William Lloyd Prosser

William Lloyd Prosser (March 15, 1898 – 1972) was the Dean of the College of Law at UC Berkeley from 1948 to 1961.

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Zoning

Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuisance

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