单词 | attractive nuisance |
释义 | > as lemmasattractive nuisance attractive nuisance n. Law (originally U.S.) a potentially hazardous object or area (such as an unfenced body of water, an abandoned building or vehicle, a piece of machinery, etc.) which may attract children or animals on to a property, thereby constituting a risk to their safety, and a liability for the owner of the land on which they are located; (in extended use) any attractive but dangerous person or thing. ΚΠ 1894 S. D. Thompson Comm. Law Private Corporations V. cxxix. 4542 There shall not be maintained thereon attractive nuisances, that is to say, substances like scattered salt, tending to attract domestic animals upon the track where they are liable to be run over and killed. 1905 S. D. Thompson Comm. Law Negligence 158 The ‘attractive nuisance’ doctrine was held inapplicable in the case of injuries to children from the following causes:..lumber piles; a railroad track in the open country [etc.]. 1934 Titusville (Pa.) Herald 2 June 11/6 Not many clients would appreciate calling their rock gardens, sun dials, bird baths, pergolas and the other what-nots around their home ‘attractive nuisances’. 1977 Pop. Mech. Nov. 140/2 The furnace may constitute an ‘attractive nuisance’, like a swimming pool. Never let it run unattended. 2004 New Yorker 26 Jan. 76/1 He was an observer at best, a bad influence or an attractive nuisance at worst. A stringer-along. < as lemmas |
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