View

Inspection; a prospect. Every one is entitled to a view from his premises; but he thereby acquires no right over the property of his neighbors. "The erection of buildings which obstruct a man's view, therefore, is not unlawful, and such buildings cannot be considered a nuisance.

9 Coke, 58b.

See "Ancient Lights;" "Nuisance." In Practice. In most real and mixed actions, in order to ascertain the identity of land claimed with that in the tenant's possession, the tenant is allowed, after the demandant has counted, to demand a view of the land in question, or, if the subject of claim be rent, or the like, a view of the land out of which it issues.

Viner, Abr.; Comyn, Dig.; Booth, 37; 2 Saund. 45b; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 435.

The term is also sometimes applied to the practice of sending the jury, in the custody of an officer, to the scene of the transaction involved in the action, that they may be the better able to understand the evidence. It may also be ordered in a criminal trial to instruct the jury in respect to the place.