Larger Parcel

Larger parcel, means a portion of land that is not a complete parcel, but is the greater part of an even bigger tract, entitling the owner both to damages for the parcel taken and for severance from the larger tract. To grant both kinds of damages a court generally requires the owner to show unity of ownership unity of use, and contiguity of the land of the land. But some states and the federal courts do not require contiguity when there is strong evidence of unity of use, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 886.