Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

abutter

land; one whose property abuts another's. The major right of [an abutter] is that of access to his property -a right of reasonable ingress and egress. He is entitled to Compensation for any substantial impairment of this reasonable access. The right normally includes the right to have, at some point, a driveway onto his premises. An abutter does not have the right to the continued flow of traffic in the same amount or pattern past his premises." Osborne M. Reynolds, Jr., Handbook of Local Government Law § 180, at 620 (1982).2. Land that adjoins the land in question. abutting foot. See FRONT FOOT. a/c. abbr. ACCOUNT