attractive nuisance

attractive nuisance

noun
1.
Law. a doctrine of tort law under which a person who creates or permits to exist on his or her land a dangerous condition attractive to children, as an unfenced swimming pool, is liable for their resulting injuries, even though the injured are trespassers.
2.
a hazardous condition or object to which this doctrine is applicable.
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attractive nuisance

noun
anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm; "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in" 
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