Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
Eu·clid·e·an zoningPronunciation:
yu-'kli-dE-&n-Function:
nounEtymology: from
Village of Euclid, Ohio et al. v. Ambler Realty Company, 272 U.S. 365 (1926), case in which the Supreme Court upheld the right of a locality to enforce such a system
: a system of zoning whereby a town or community is divided into areas in which specific uses of land are permitted
