Common Nuisance
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Hawkins, In his Pleas of the Crown, defines a common nuisance as an offense against the public, by doing anything injurious to all the King's subjects, or by omitting to do that which the common good requires. 71 111. 194. One that affects the public at large and is a violation of a public right, either by a direct encroachment upon public property, or by doing some act which tends to the common Injury, or by omitting to do, in the discharge of a legal duty, that which the common good requires. 214 111. 635. One which affects the public in general, and not merely some particular person. 1 Hawk. P. C. 197. See "Nuisance." COMMON OPINION IS GOOD AUTHORity In law. Co. Litt. 186a; 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 528, 577.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One which affects the public in general, and not merely some
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. commune nocumentum,^ A nuisance affecting the public, being an annoyance to the whole conmiunity in general; as distinguished from a private nuisance, which is confined in its effects to particular individuals.* 3 ^/. Cbm.215. Id, 5, 4 Id, 161. 4 Steph, Com, 294. The obstructing of highways, bridges and public rivers, and the carrying on of offensive or dangerous trades or manufactures, are examples of common nui* See Nuisance,