Lateral And Subjacent Support

Definition of "Lateral and subjacent support"

The right of a landowner to have lateral land support from adjacent properties. The right of lateral and subjacent support means that an adjacent land owner may not, for example, lower or undermine the soil of his or her property so as to cause a lack of support and subsequent shifting and damage to the subject property.

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