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ABATEMENT OF A NUISANCE

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABATEMENT OF A NUISANCE  iS the remedy allowed by law to a person or public authority injured by a public nuisance of destroying or removing it, provided no breach of the peace is committed in doing so . In the case of private nuisances abatement is also allowed provided there be no breach of the peace, and no damage be occasioned beyond what the removal of the nuisance requires .

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