- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 695
- Topic
- NUISANCE
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE VIII NUISANCE
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Nuisance is either public or private. A public nuisance affects a community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance, danger or damage upon individuals may be unequal. A private nuisance is one that is not included in the foregoing definition.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Divides nuisances into public and private. A public nuisance affects a community, neighborhood, or a considerable number of people, even if the harm falls unequally on individuals; a private nuisance is any nuisance that does not fit that definition.
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Cases applying this article
- Eulalio Hernaez v. Rosendo Hernaez
- Isabel Velasco y Resurreccion v. Francisco Lopez y Lopez
- Calimlim v. Gono G.R. No. 272053
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