Support, Right Of in Europe

Definition of Support, Right Of

Every proprietor of land is entitled to so much lateral support from his neighbour’s land as is necessary to keep his soil at its natural level, that is, his neighbour must not excavate eo close to the boundary as to cause his land to fall or subside. Similarly the owner of the surface is entitled to vertical support as against the owner of the subsoil, that is, the owner of the subjacent land must not cause subsidence of the surface unless he has an easement entitling him to do so. The right does not extend to the case of land, the weight of which has been increased by buildings, unless it can be shown that the land would have sunk if there had been no buildings on it, or unless an easement has been acquired by twenty years uninterrupted enjoyment. See Dalton v. Angus; Humphries v. Brogden; Lemaitre v. Davis; Darley Main Co. v. Mitchell

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Definition of Support, Right Of is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.

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