Abutting

  • 41abut — [[t]əbʌ̱t[/t]] abuts, abutting, abutted VERB When land or a building abuts something or abuts on something, it is next to it. [FORMAL] [V on n] One edge of the garden abutted on an old entrance to the mine... [V n] He was born in 1768 in the… …

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  • 42waterfront — /ˈwɔtəfrʌnt / (say wawtuhfrunt) noun 1. land abutting on a body of water. 2. a part of a city or town so abutting, especially an area where ships dock at a wharf or wharves: *The Waterside Workers Federation is the original and bona fide trade… …

  • 43frontage — Linear distance of property along street, highway, river, or lake. Extent of front along road or street. Tzeses v. Barbahenn, 125 N.J.L. 643, 17 A.2d 539, 540. The line of property on a public street. Jagendorf v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 520… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 44frontage — Linear distance of property along street, highway, river, or lake. Extent of front along road or street. Tzeses v. Barbahenn, 125 N.J.L. 643, 17 A.2d 539, 540. The line of property on a public street. Jagendorf v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 520… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 45extra viam rights — The right of a traveler upon the highway to travel over the abutting property where the highway is out of repair and impassable for practical purposes. 25 Am J1st High § 615. The right of one having an easement of way to depart from the regularly …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 46frontage — The measure in feet or other linear unit of measurement of the boundary between a street or highway and an abutting property. The measure of the line between a river or other body of water and land abutting thereon. The buildings fronting upon a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 47Abut — A*but , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to be… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48Abutment — A*but ment ([.a]*b[u^]t ment), n. 1. State of abutting. [1913 Webster] 2. That on or against which a body abuts or presses; as (a) (Arch.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49Abutted — Abut A*but , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Adjoining — Ad*join ing, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. The adjoining fane. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See… …

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