Definitions for "Public nuisance"
An unreasonable interference with a right of the general public, including interference with the public health, safety, peace, comfort, or convenience.
Public nuisance is a criminal offence that relates to any damage or interference with public property in general. This can come from actual damage to public buildings and thoroughfares, and from excessive fumes, dust and noise. The nuisance must be removed or the parties involved receive an injunction.
Allows states to take action when there is an unreasonable interference with a right common to the general public. A public nuisance need not effect the entire community, but must substantially interfere with a public right to use a natural resource. Public Nuisance has been used to justify the collection of NRD in New York State.
Keywords:  crime, economy, order, reservation
a crime against the order and economy of the Reservation
a crime against the order and economy of the State