Tort Law

Attractive Nuisance

/ uh-TRAK-tiv NYOO-sens /

Definition

A dangerous condition likely to attract children who cannot appreciate the risk.

Used in Context

“The unfenced pool was an attractive nuisance on the defendant\'s property.”

Etymology

◈ Latin: attrahere, to draw to

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