Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence...
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In statistics, a nuisance parameter is any parameter which is unspecified but which must be accounted for in the hypothesis testing of the parameters which...
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In English criminal law, public nuisance is an act, condition or thing that is illegal because it interferes with the rights of the general public. In...
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The Nuisance is the title of: The Nuisance (1921 film), a comedy short featuring Jimmy Aubrey, with Oliver Hardy The Nuisance (1933 film), a feature film...
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Nuisance abatement is a growing area within policing and code enforcement. The term refers to using building codes, fire codes, zoning, etc. in order to...
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Nuisance lawsuit may refer to: A suit of the tort of nuisance, i.e. the plaintiff claims the defendant is causing a nuisance to the plaintiff A frivolous...
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Cards Against Humanity (redirect from Nuisance Committee)
called the Nuisance Committee. Temkin named the PAC in honor of his grandfather, a Jewish prisoner of war in World War II who formed a "nuisance committee"...
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In the Philippines, a nuisance candidate is an official term for an aspirant candidate for a public office whose certificate of candidacy was not accepted...
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theory of stochastic processes in probability theory and statistics, a nuisance variable is a random variable that is fundamental to the probabilistic...
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The attractive nuisance doctrine applies to the law of torts in some jurisdictions. It states that a landowner may be held liable for injuries to children...
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Just Nuisance (1 April 1937 – 1 April 1944) was a South African dog and the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He was a Great Dane...
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Nuisance is the debut studio album by British rock band Menswear, released on 24 October 1995 by Laurel/London Records. The album was preceded by "I'll...
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A nuisance ordinance, also referred to as a crime-free ordinance or a disorderly house ordinance, is a local law usually passed on the town, city, or municipality...
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Noise pollution (redirect from Noise (nuisance))
near airports. Up until the 1970s governments tended to view noise as a "nuisance" rather than an environmental problem. Many conflicts over noise pollution...
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Maintaining a common nuisance is a legal term for anyone knowingly using or renting out a place for people to make, sell, or use illegal drugs. It can...
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Tidal flooding (redirect from Nuisance flooding)
Tidal flooding, also known as sunny day flooding or nuisance flooding, is the temporary inundation of low-lying areas, especially streets, during exceptionally...
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Nuisance Bear is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden and released in 2021. The film is a portrait of the...
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Nuisance in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into two torts; private nuisance, where the actions of the defendant are "causing a substantial...
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General Nuisance (1941) is the ninth short subject starring Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Aristocratic millionaire Peter Hedley Lamar Jr. (Buster...
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False alarm (redirect from Nuisance alarm)
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic and/or bringing resources...
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Dust mask (redirect from Nuisance dust respirator)
over the nose and mouth made for protection against chronically toxic nuisance dusts, like from occupational exposure to plant dusts like hay. They are...
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A nuisance call is an unwanted and unsolicited telephone call. Common types of nuisance calls include prank calls, telemarketing calls, and silent calls...
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A nuisance fee is a fee, fine, or penalty which is charged to deter an action, rather than to compensate for the costs of that action. For example, a five-dollar...
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Blocking (statistics) (section Nuisance variables)
based on levels of the nuisance variable to control for its influence. Randomization helps distribute the effects of nuisance variables evenly across...
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is a person that engages in illicit reckless behaviors and is a public nuisance. There are several theories regarding the origin of the word hooliganism...
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Public Nuisance was an American rock band from Sacramento, California who were active from 1964-1970, first as Moss & the Rocks, then later as Public Nuisance...
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Nuisance wildlife management is the selective removal of problem individuals or populations of specific species of wildlife. Other terms for the field...
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Newspaper (in Korean). October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024. "American nuisance livestreamer Johnny Somali barred from leaving S. Korea, probe begins after...
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Attractive Nuisance, released in 2000, is The Loud Family's fifth full-length album. It has the same line-up as the 1998 album, Days for Days. At the time...
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Earth-leakage circuit breaker (section Nuisance trips)
They are less sensitive to fault conditions, and therefore have fewer nuisance trips. (This does not mean they always do, as practical performance depends...
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