abutter ([schwa]-b[schwa]t-[schwa]r). 1. The owner of adjoining land; one whose property abuts another’s. [Cases: Adjoining Landowners 1. C.J.S. Adjoining Landowners §§ 2, 6–8, 39.] “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 […]
regress, n. 1. The act or an instance of going or coming back; return or reentry (free entry, egress, and regress). 2. The right or liberty of going back; reentry. Cf. EGRESS; INGRESS. 3. Hist. The right to repayment or compensation; recourse. — regress (ri-gres), vb.
royalty interest. Oil & gas. A share of production — or the value or proceeds of production, free of the costs of production — when and if there is production. • A royalty interest is usu. expressed as a fraction (such as 1/6). A royalty-interest owner has no right to operate the property and therefore
egress (ee-gres). 1. The act of going out or leaving. 2. The right or ability to leave; a way of exit. Cf. INGRESS.
praecipe (pree-s[schwa]-pee orpres-[schwa]-pee), n. [Latin “command”] 1. At common law, a writ ordering a defendant to do some act or to explain why inaction is appropriate. — Also termed writ of praecipe. 2. A written motion or request seeking some court action, esp. a trial setting or an entry of judgment. — Also spelled precipe.