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abutter

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a⋅but⋅ter

  [uh-buht-er]
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–noun
a person who owns adjacent land.
Origin:
1665–75, Americanism; abut + -er 1
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a·but   (ə-bŭt')   
v.   a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts

v.   intr.
To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.
v.   tr.

  1. To border upon or end at; be next to.

  2. To support as an abutment.


[Middle English abutten, from Old French abouter, to border on (a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Indo-European roots) and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt4).]
a·but'ter n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: abut·ter
Pronunciation: &-'b&-t&r
Function: noun
: one that abuts; specifically : the owner of an abutting property abutters on a street>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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