public nuisance

Noun
Synonyms: common nuisance

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public“a public nuisance offends the public at large”Synonyms: common nuisanceType of nuisance
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Public nuisance

. Law See under Nuisance.

From the entry Public.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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