lateral support

lateral support definition - legal

n

A person (in property law) has the right to have his land supported at the sides by his neighborÂ’s land; the principle that an adjoining landowner cannot alter the perimeter of his property in such a manner that his neighborÂ’s land is adversely affected or weakened.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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