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Definition of Abuttal
1. n. The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.
Definition of Abuttal
1. Noun. (context: rare) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland ¹
2. Noun. An abutment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abuttal
1. an abutment [n -S] - See also: abutment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abuttal
| abusion abusions abusive abusively abusiveness abusivenesses abustle abut abut on abutilon | abutilons abutment abutment arch abutments abuts abuy abuzz abvolate abvolated abvolates | abvolating abvolt abvolts |
Literary usage of Abuttal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Township and Borough: Being the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of by Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"... ad capud illius rode iuxta terram predicti Ade, et unam rodam [que]1 abuttal
versus ... et unam rodam que abuttal super septem acras domini Prioris ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1837)
"Humphrey (g) this Court held that, where an abuttal was referred to in pleading
by the word " towards," and the other side did not complain of the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Law, Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius by Francis Buller, Richard Whalley Bridgman (1817)
"So if the abuttal be assigned towards the east, though it be north, if it inclino
to the east it is sufficient. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1837)
"... the following observations were nade:—Every abuttal of the close in which ...
or two towards the east thereof, this is sufficient proof of the abuttal. ..."
5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1858)
"... or an ordinary ring, answering the purpose of an ordinary cylinder, with »
slide or abuttal for the steam worked in a certain manner. 2d. ..."
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