Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Abutter

A-but′ter

,
Noun.
One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate;
as, the
abutters
on a street or a river
.

Definition 2024


abutter

abutter

English

Noun

abutter (plural abutters)

  1. One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
    • 1886, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME transactions, volume 7:
      But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured []

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11

Anagrams