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Abuttals

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(From a but, q. v.) Commonly defined "the buttings and boundings of lands, east, west, north, and south, showing on what other lands, highways or places they abut or are limited and bounded." Cowell ; Toml.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Limits or bounds of land at the ends of the parcel; bounds in general. The older and stricter use of the word is in the sense of bounds at the ends of the parcel.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(From abut, q. v.) Commonly defined “the buttings and bonndings of lands, east, west, north, and south, showing on what other lands, highways, or places they abut, or are limited and bounded.” Cowell; Tom).

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The bounds of land. The sides adjoin, the ends abut on, surrounding land.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

The buttings and boundings of land, on the north or south, east or west, showmg on what other lands, rivers, highways, or other places it does abut. More properly, it is said, the sides of land are adjoining, and the ends abutting to the thing contiguous. Vide Boundaries, and Cro. Jac. 184.