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affirmative waste

affirmative waste noun: any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.

Noun

affirmative waste (uncountable)

  1. Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.
    Synonyms:
    voluntary waste

Synonyms of affirmative waste

Questions about affirmative waste

What does affirmative waste mean?
Affirmative waste means any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.
What part of speech is affirmative waste?
Affirmative waste is a noun.

Words near affirmative waste in the dictionary

  1. affirmative defenses
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  3. affirmative resolution
  4. affirmative sentence
  5. affirmative sentences
  6. affirmative waste
  7. affirmatively
  8. affirmativeness
  9. affirmatives
  10. affirmatives pregnant
  11. affirmativism

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