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Abutter vs Abutted - What's the difference?

abutter | abutted |

As a noun abutter

is one who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river .

As a verb abutted is

(abut).

abutter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.
  • * 1886 , American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME transactions: Volume 7
    • But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured

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    abutted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abut)

    • abut

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abutt

    Verb

    (abutt)
  • To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet, of an estate, country, etc.
    • It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
    His land abuts on the road.
  • To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
  • To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to; to support by an abutment.

    • Usage notes

    * (estate or country) Followed by any of the following words: upon', '''on''' or (obsolete) ' to . * (building) Followed by any of the following words: upon', '''on''', or ' against .

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