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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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Word History and Origins
Origin of attractive nuisance1
First recorded in 1890–95
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