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noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
noun a bothersome annoying person
originFrom Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.
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