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Definition of Party wall - 2 dictionary results

party wall

–noun
a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.

Origin:
1660–70


party-walled, adjective
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party wall  
n.  A wall built on the boundary line of adjoining properties and shared by both owners.

[Obsolete party, shared, divided, from Old French parti; see parti-colored.]
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