Right to lateral support
Defined in 1 dictionary — Ballentine's (1916)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The right of a land owner to have his soil, either in its natural state, or, in certain cases, with the additional weight of the buildings or other structures thereon, sustained by the soil of the adjoining proprietors, or in a more special sense, his right to have those buildings or structures sustained by adjacent buildings or structures upon which they lean. See 33 Am. St. Rep. 446, note.