public nuisance

public nuisance
A violation of a public right, either by a direct encroachment upon a public right or property or by doing some act which tends to a common injury, or by omitting to do some act which the common good requires, and which it is the duty of a person to do, which results in injury to the public. A common nuisance, that is, the doing of, or the failure to do, something that injuriously affects the safety, health, or morals of the public, or works some substantial annoyance, inconvenience, or injury to the public. 39 Am J1st Nuis § 8. A condition of things which is prejudicial to the health, comfort, safety, property, sense of decency or morals of the citizens at large, resulting either from an act not warranted by law, or from neglect of a duty imposed by law. Nuchols v Commonwealth, 312 Ky 171, 226 SW2d 796, 13 ALR2d 1478.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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