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Abbuttals, or Abuttals [fr. abutter, or aboutir, Fr., to limit or bound; or perhaps fr. to butt or strike, Wedg.], the buttings or boundings of any land, east, west, north, or south, declaring on what other lands, highways or other places it does abbut. The sides of the land are properly said to be adjoining to, and the ends abutting on, the land contiguous, Blount's Law Dict. See BOUNDARIES. In building contracts, the meaning prima facie is 'in physical contact with.' See Hudson on Building Contracts 6th ed.