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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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1: a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public; "a public nuisance offends the public at large" [syn: public nuisance, common nuisance]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Public Pub"lic, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. To the public good Private respects must yield. --Milton. He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt. i. 19. 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. ``The public street.'' --Shak. Public act or statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. Public credit. See under Credit. Public funds. See Fund, 3. Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment. Public law. (a) See International law, under International. (b) A public act or statute. Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance. Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3. Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc. Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(public nuisances) If something or someone is, or causes, a public nuisance, they break the law by harming or annoying members of the public. (LEGAL) ...the 45-day jail sentence he received for causing a public nuisance after taking part in a demonstration... Back in the 1980s drug users were a public nuisance in Zurich. N-COUNT: usu sing
