private nuisance

A condition that interferes with a person’s enjoyment of property; esp., a structure or other condition erected or put on nearby land, creating or continuing an invasion of the actor’s land and amounting to a trespass to it.

• The condition constitutes a tort for which the adversely affected person may recover damages or obtain an injunction. [Cases: Nuisance 1. C.J.S. Nuisances §§ 2–8, 10–14, 18–21.]

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