Lateral Support
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The support of land by the adjoining land; so called in contradistinction from "subjacent support," that of the soil beneath. The right to such lateral support exists as a natural incident of real property (25 N. J. Law, 366; 122 Mass. 199); and an adjoining landowner who, by excavation on his own land, removes such lateral support, is liable in damages (135 Mass. 150; 57 Minn. 493). LATERARE (Law Lat. from latm, a side).
In old English law
To lie sideways; literally, to side; the opposite of capir tare, to head or abut.
Cowell.
See "Capitare."
See Capitare.