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Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

A third person’s right in land, to the diminution of its value, though consistent with the passing of the fee by deed or conveyance. See 113 Iowa, 122, 86 Am. St. Rep. 367, and note, 84 N. W. 949.