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conditional use

Zoning. A use of property subject to special controls and conditions. • A conditional use is one that is suitable to a zoning district, but not necessarily to every location within that district. — Also termed special exception. [Cases: Zoning and Planning 382. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 195–197.]

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shifting use

A use arising from the occurrence of a certain event that terminates the preceding use. • In the following example, C has a shifting use that arises when D makes the specified payment: “to A for the use of B, but then to C when D pays $1,000 to E.” This is a type of

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special use permit

special-use permit. A zoning board’s authorization to use property in a way that is identified as a special exception in a zoning ordinance. • Unlike a variance, which is an authorized violation of a zoning ordinance, a special-use permit is a permitted exception. — Abbr. SUP. — Also termed conditional-use permit; special permit. See SPECIAL

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special exception

special exception. 1. A party’s objection to the form rather than the substance of an opponent’s claim, such as an objection for vagueness or ambiguity. See DEMURRER. Cf. general exception (1) under EXCEPTION(1). [Cases: Pleading 228.14. C.J.S. Pleading § 233.] 2. An allowance in a zoning ordinance for special uses that are considered essential and

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vested

vested, adj. Having become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute (a vested interest in the estate). [Cases: Estates in Property 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 2–5, 8, 15–21, 116–128, 137, 243.] “[U]nfortunately, the word ‘vested’ is used in two senses. Firstly, an interest may be vested in possession, when

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