| 单词 | nuisance suit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnuisance suit nuisance suit n. U.S. Law (a) a lawsuit which involves some kind of nuisance ( A. 2a); (b) a lawsuit brought, when there is little, if any, chance of winning, in order to obstruct or delay a particular process, or to harass or coerce a party into making a settlement. ΚΠ 1907 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. 16/2 B.R.T. Fights $500 Fine. Company Appeals from Verdict in Kent Avenue Nuisance Suit... The company was found guilty in the County Court of maintaining a smoke nuisance at its power house in Kent Avenue. 1915 Wall St. Jrnl. 2 Dec. 2/3 Numerous instances of the halt of reorganizations by so-called ‘nuisance suits’ have exasperated railway men and bankers. 1933 Time 27 Mar. 23/1 It obviated further ‘nuisance suits’ against the prostrate company over which as many as 150 lawyers..were hovering like vultures last week. 1977 Business Week (Nexis) 6 June 112 These are the speculative damage suits, or nuisance suits, brought against corporations on a contingent fee basis with little chance of winning but with high hopes of getting a fat settlement out of court. 1991 P. Jenkins Fields of Vision vi. 52 The familiar campaign of a nuisance suit now took hold—the assembling of a posse of witnesses on both sides, the media attention. < as lemmas |
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