| 释义 |
ˈparty-ˌwall
[f. party a. + wall.]
A wall between two buildings or pieces of land intended for distinct occupation, in the use of which each of the occupiers has a partial right.
The primary and most common meaning in law is ‘a wall of which the two adjoining owners are tenants in common’; but three other cases are included under the term in Elphinstone, etc. Interpr. Deeds (1885) Gloss. The structure of party-walls between houses, and the rights and duties of their owners have been the subject of much legislation.
1667S. Primatt City & C. Build. 93 The Builder is to receive of his next Neighbor, if they have the benefit of all his Party-walls and Peer-stones, sixty five pounds and ten⁓pence. 1677–1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 145 No Light can be placed in the Stair-Case, because of the Party-walls. 1853Wharton Pennsylv. Digest II. 405 The moiety of the cost of a party wall is a personal charge against the builder of the second house and lien upon the house itself. 1855Act 18 & 19 Vict. c. 122 §3 ‘Party wall’ shall apply to every wall used or built in order to be used as a separation of any building from any other building, with a view to the same being occupied by different persons.
fig.1870J. H. Newman Gramm. Assent i. v. 95 Not as if there were in fact, or could be, any line of demarcation or party-wall between these modes of assent.
Hence ˈparty-ˌwalled |-wɔːld| a., having a party-wall.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 145 Our Party-walled Houses in London. |