Support
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
n. The right of support is an easement consisting in the privilege of resting the joists or bcams of one's house upon or inserting their ends into, the wall of an adjoining house belonging to another owner. It may arise either from contract or prescription.
3 Kent, Comm. 436.
Support also signifies the right to have one's ground supported so that it will not cave in, when an adjoining owner makes an excavation. v. To support a rule or order is to argue in answer to the arguments of the party who has shown cause against a rule or order nisi.