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Eaves

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The edge of a roof, built so as to project over the wails of a house, in order that the rain may drop therefrom to the ground instead of running down the wall. Center St Church v. Machias Hotel Co.., 51 Me. 413.

Eaves-drip. The drip or dropping of water from the eaves of a house on the land of an adjacent owner; the easement of having the water so drip, or the servitude of submitting to such drip; the same as the stillicidium of the Roman law. See Stillicidium.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The edge of a roof, builf so as to project over the walls of a house, in order that the rain may drop therefrom to the ground instead of running down the wall.