severance damages

In a condemnation case, damages awarded to a property owner for diminution in the fair market value of land as a result of severance from the land of the property actually condemned; compensation awarded to a landowner for the loss in value of the tract that remains after a partial taking of the land. [Cases: Eminent Domain 95–96. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 84, 86, 105, 126–127, 142, 147, 152–153.]

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