Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Contiguous

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In close proximity, in actual close contact Arkell v. Ins. Co., GO N. Y. 191, 25 Am. Rep. 1G8; as, contiguous proprietors are those whose lauds actually touch. Vicinal are not necessarily contiguous proprietors; Raxedale v. Seip, 32 La. Ann. 4:;5. In an ordinance relating to excavations and the preservation of contiguous structures, it contemplates nearness of a structure, but with Intervening space; Baxter v. Realty Co., 128 App. Div. 79, 112 N. Y. Supp. 455.