2. Noun. Lack of usage; failure to use. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonuser
1. one that is not a user [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonuser
Literary usage of Nonuser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"Simple nonuser of the right, however, will not defeat it, but to justify the
presumption of abandonment, the enjoyment must have totally ceased for the same ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation: Covering All States and Territories by Joseph Ragland Long (1916)
"Abandonment and nonuser Distinguished. 182. Separate Abandonment of Ditch or
Water Right. 183. What Constitutes Abandonment. 184. ..."
3. A Brief on the Modes of Proving the Facts: Most Frequently in Issue Or by Austin Abbott, Allan J. Carter (1922)
"In Iowa, by statute, nonuser for eight years is deemed an abandonment. ...
nonuser generally.—Mere nonuser of a way arising either by prescription or grant, ..."
4. A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1909)
"Forfeiture of Franchise—Ju- Abuse, Misuser or nonuser dicial ... Nature and Extent
of Mis- ficials—Ipso Facto For- user or nonuser Justifying feiture. ..."
5. Selected Cases on the Law of Property in Land by William Albert Finch (1904)
"EARL, J. — * * * This easement having been acquired by Mrs, Higgins by grant
could not be lost by mere nonuser for any length of time. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Corporations by Howard Strickland Abbott (1906)
"If, as in the greater number of instances, the dedication is definite and
unequivocal, the rights of the public begin at once.110 nonuser as evidence ..."
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