RIGHT OF SUPPORT

right of support.Property. 1. A landowner’s right to have the land supported by adjacent land

and by the underlying earth. [Cases: Adjoining Landowners 2. C.J.S. Adjoining Landowners §§

9–10, 14.] 2. A servitude giving the owner of a house the right to rest timber on the walls of a

neighboring house. [Blacks Law 8^th]