mixed nuisance
- noun
- Formal
:
molestia mixta
- This is a mixed nuisance.
Examples
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The factory was found liable for creating a mixed nuisance that harmed both local residents and the wider community.
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The court addressed the issue as a mixed nuisance, since it affected public spaces and private property.
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Legal disputes involving a mixed nuisance often require balancing competing public and private interests.
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The mixed nuisance was reported yesterday.
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The ongoing traffic jam caused a mixed nuisance for both residents and commuters, affecting the neighborhood's quality of life.
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Local authorities categorized the loud construction noise at night as a mixed nuisance, disturbing both nearby homeowners and passersby.
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The blocked drainage system created a mixed nuisance by flooding private yards while also hindering public access to the street.
Synonyms
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An act the law treats as harmful because it stops people using or enjoying property
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition so a learner who knows 'mixed' and 'nuisance' can infer a general meaning like 'a nuisance that is of mixed or combined types.' However, the precise legal sense — specifically that it constitutes both a public and a private nuisance — is a technical, domain-specific distinction not predictable from the constituents alone, so full comprehension requires extra legal knowledge.
Etymology
Mixed nuisance comes from the image of one troublesome thing that is both mixed and a nuisance: imagine a factory's smoke that damages one family's home and also fills the whole street with pollution. That's why the term means a problem that is both 'private' and 'public' at the same time.