Dilapidation
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Literally, the taking apart of the stones of a building, — hence the pulling down of a building, or part of a building; the suffering of a building, or part of a building, to fall, or be in a state of decay; neglect of necessary repairs of a building.
In ecclesiastical law
A kind of ecclesiastical waste, — waste committed or permitted on the lands or buildings of a church living.