Opinion ID: 2543820
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Land Abutting the County Road Proposed To Be Vacated

Text: ¶ 20 Like owner of record, the word abut is a term commonly used in the context of property law. In its most ordinary sense, the term is employed to describe properties that join at a border or boundary. Black's Law Dictionary 10 (7th ed.1999). For example, in Farnsworth v. Soter's, Inc ., we observed: `[A]but' . . . `conveys the idea of bordering on, [or] bounded by, with nothing intervening.' 24 Utah 2d 199, 200, 468 P.2d 372, 373 (1970) (citation omitted) (emphasis omitted); see also 1 C.J.S. Abut (1985). Accordingly, land that joins, borders, or bounds a county road proposed to be vacated, with nothing intervening, is considered to be land that abut[s] the county road under section 27-12-102.4.