The phrase "abate a nuisance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to the reduction or elimination of an unwanted or harmful condition, such as noise or pollution.
Example: "The city council took action to abate a nuisance caused by the construction noise that disturbed the residents."
Alternatives: "eliminate a nuisance" or "reduce a nuisance".
Baltimore City Code, Art. 12, §§ 112 and 119the one involved in the present casemakes the failure to abate a nuisance a misdemeanor.
That case arose under a statute empowering the city of Cambridge to require the owners of certain lands to fill them to a prescribed grade in order to abate a nuisance.
The concept of public nuisance is closest to that of private nuisance in situations in which a public officer, acting on behalf of the community, brings suit to abate a nuisance that differs from a private nuisance only in that it affects a large number of people.
The defendant also claims that the title to the lot in controversy was taken by the city of Boston in 1867, the title being, at that time, apparently, in Knott, under a statute of Massachusetts, approved June 1 , 1867 entitled 'An act to enable the city of Boston to abate a nuisance existing therein, and for the preservation of the public health in said city.' St . Mass
See § 10-1-1 (AttorneyinGeneraltoorney General to bring an action to abate a public nuisance); State ex rel.
The United States filed a bill in equity in the District Court for Southern New York, under section 22 of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138 1/2 k), to abate a liquor nuisance alleged to be maintained by Duignan, the appellant, upon premises occupied by him under a lease.
146, 260 N.W. 221, the plaintiff sued to abate an alleged nuisance maintained by the defendant.
I believe the co-op has a duty to abate this nuisance since the smoke leaches through the building's common area.
Goodman said the lawsuit will seek an injunction against gun manufacturers to "abate the nuisance they have created". She said the city will seek compensatory damages for the cost of fighting crimes committed with firearms and for the cost of treating gun-related injuries.
A landowner affected by knotweed growth from a neighbouring property may therefore be able to apply to court for an injunction requiring the neighbouring owner to abate the nuisance.
See G.L. 1956 § 42-9-2 42-9-2 42-9-2Attorney General with the power to commence a public nuisance suit) and G.L. 1956 § 10-1-1 (provestingthet "[w]henever Attorneyce is alleGeneralexist, the attorney general * * * may bring an action in the name of the state * * * to abate the nuisance").
