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A nuisance can be either public... Nuisance is one of the oldest... with cases framed in nuisance going back almost to the beginning of recorded... Nuisance signifies that the... A public nuisance is an unreasonable interference with the public... A private nuisance is simply a violation of one... If a nuisance is widespread enough... the law of nuisance became difficult to administer... as competing property uses often posed a nuisance to each other... laws are an adaptation of the doctrine of nuisance to modern complex societies... for a nuisance was the payment of... a new owner can bring a claim in nuisance for the existing activities of a neighbour... states have limited instances where a claim of nuisance may be brought... There are two classes of nuisance under the American law... An alleged nuisance in fact is an issue of fact to be determined by the jury... A determination that something is a nuisance in fact also requires proof of the act and its consequences... a nuisance per se is... or occupation which is a nuisance at all times and under any circumstances... Liability for a nuisance per se is absolute... Most nuisance claims allege a nuisance in fact... law declaring actions or structures to be a nuisance in and of themselves... A common nuisance is punishable as a misdemeanour at common law... defence for a master or employer that a nuisance is caused by the acts of his servants... Nor is it a defence that the nuisance has been in existence for a great length of time... A private nuisance is an act... if a man knew there was a nuisance and went and lived near it... The remedy for a public nuisance is by information... The remedy for a private nuisance is by injunction... The law as to what constitutes a nuisance is substantially the same as in England... The remedy for nuisance is by interdict...

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