PARTY WALL

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PARTY WALL , a building

term

TERM

which, in England, apart from

special

SPECIAL

statutory definitions, may be used in four different legal senses (Watson v. Gray, 188o, 14 Ch. D. 192). It may mean (1) a

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

of which the adjoining owners are tenants in common; (2) a

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

divided longitudinally into two strips, one belonging to each of the neighbouring owners; (3) a wall which belongs entirely to one of the adjoining owners, but is subject to an easement or right in the other to have it maintained as a dividing wall between the two tenements; (4) a wall divided longitudinally into two moieties, each moiety being subject to a

cross

CROSS

easement, in favour of the owner of the other moiety. Outside London the rights and liabilities of adjoining owners of party walls are subject to the rules of common law. In London they are governed by the London Building Act 1894. A

tenant

TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

in common of a party wall is entitled to have a

partition

PARTITION

vertically and longitudinally, so as to hold separately (Mayfair Property Co. v. Johnston, 1894, I Ch. 508); each owner can then use only his own part of the wall. By the London Building Act 1894, 5 (16) the expression " party wall " means(a) a wall forming part of a building and used or constructed to be used for separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners, or occupied or constructed or adapted to be occupied by different persons; or (b) a wall forming part of a building, and

standing

STANDING

to a greater extent than the projection of the footings on lands of different owners. Section 87 regulates the rights
' Many naturalists have held a different

opinion

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

, some making it a woodcock, a godwit, or even the hazel-hen or grouse; see the discussion by Lord Lilford in This (1862), pp. 352-356.of owners of adjoining lands to erect party walls on the line of junction. Sections 88-90 determine the rights of building owners to deal with party walls by underpinning, repairing or rebuilding. The act also contains provisions for settling disputes ( 91-92), and for bearing and recovering expenses ( 95-102). Part VI. of the act 'regulates the structure and thickness, height, &c., of party walls.
See A. R. Rudall, Party Walls (1907).

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