ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE Definition & Meaning

attractive nuisance

noun

Law. a doctrine of tort law under which a person who creates or permits to exist on their land a dangerous condition attractive to children, as an unfenced swimming pool, is liable for their resulting injuries, even though the injured are trespassers.
a hazardous condition or object a person creates or permits to exist on their land that is attractive to children.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of attractive nuisance¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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However, a swimming pool is considered an “attractive nuisance” and significantly increases your liability risk, which will likely increase your homeowners insurance premium.

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"That way I have no attractive nuisance that would bring raccoons, foxes, opossum, bear, rats on to the farm."

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You might say the Lerners had created an attractive nuisance in our backyards.

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“Based on the number of no trespassing signs in many places the river today is more of an attractive nuisance than an asset,” city documents say.

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But in the present social-distancing times, these trails have turned into an attractive nuisance.

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