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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the law of easements. The right to rest the beams or framework of a building into a wall of an adjoining building. Also rights of lateral and subjacent support which pertain to owners of adjoining lands. See "Party Walls;" "Lateral Support." In the law of decedents' estates the term "support" is sometimes used as a synonym for the allowance of articles or money set apart for the survivor and children.