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Definition private nuisance in American English

private nuisance noun

[countable] noun
/ˌpraɪvət ˈnusəns/
1

in England and Wales, an act that disturbs someone when they are using their own premises

Example

The court held that the smell and the neighbor's loud machinery did in fact constitute a private nuisance.

Definition private nuisance in American English