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n. (cognition) | 1. nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive. |
| ~ pain in the ass, bother, botheration, pain in the neck, infliction, annoyance, pain | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" |
| ~ abatable nuisance | a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless).; "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law" |
| ~ attractive nuisance | anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm.; "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in" |
| ~ mixed nuisance | a nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time. |
| ~ private nuisance | a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land. |
| ~ common nuisance, public nuisance | a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public.; "a public nuisance offends the public at large" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
n. (person) | 2. nuisance, pain, pain in the neck | a bothersome annoying person.; "that kid is a terrible pain" |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
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