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extralateral

American

[ek-struh-lat-er-uhl] / ˌɛk strəˈlæt ər əl /

adjective

of or relating to the right of a mine owner to the vein or lode of an ore when it extends under an adjacent mining property.

Etymology

Origin of extralateral

extra- + lateral

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Geologists and engineers understand more clearly than almost any other group the extent to which the complexities of nature vary from the conditions indicated in the simple wording of the law of extralateral rights.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

It then becomes necessary either to consolidate the ownerships or to go to the courts to see which claim has the extralateral rights.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

There are few mining districts where the vein conditions are so simple that no geological problems are left to be solved with relation to extralateral rights.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

In the United States there is a wide use of geologists as witnesses in litigation affecting "extralateral rights."

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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