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Definition of Abuts
1. abut [v] - See also: abut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abuts
| abusio abusion abusions abusive abusively abusiveness abusivenesses abustle abut abut on | abutilon abutilons abutment abutment arch abutments abuts (current term) abuy abuzz abvolate abvolated | abvolates abvolating abvolt |
Literary usage of Abuts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis, Francis Ellis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1867)
"But when we remember that the county of Middlesex abuts closely upon the city of
London and, indeed, upon New Street, Blackfriars, it is impossible to ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"... to widen a street on which the property abuts, or after the location of a
right of way over Pa. St. 503, 32 Atl. Rep. 592; Shaw v. Philadelphia, 169 Pa. ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... that part of the gaol which would be frontage if there were doors and windows
in it, and therefore that that part of the gaol which abuts on public ways ..."
4. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias (1898)
"The west retaining wall, like the eastern, abuts on a limestone pedestal next
the orchestra. The wall runs off at an angle to the axis of the theatre ..."
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