outlots

Noun

outlot (plural outlots)

1. A plot of undeveloped land, sometimes without access to public roads, designated by a developer on a plat for future construction or noted for its unsuitability to be designated a full lot.
   • The court ruled that although Moquino did not have any plans to build on his outlot, Ntchorere violated the owner's property rights by erecting a portion of her mansion on the eastern corner of the site.

   Synonyms:

   outparcel

2. (historical) A lot that corresponds with an in-town lot, being an open space on the edge of town where the owner can grow some crops and, in some cases, pasture some livestock.
   • We are next to inquire whether the proprietors of outlots, &c. are entitled to commonage. This question not only affects the interests of the holders of outlots, but has a material bearing, in one respect, on the next point which remains for examination. It depends on the construction of the act of...1838 September, Frederick Watts, “Carr v. Wallace”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, volume VII: May to September 1838, Kay and Brother, pages 398-399