To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to conterminous proprietors, neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary.
1. (of property leases) Linked or related and expiring together.2. (of regions or properties) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.3. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.4. Meeting end to end or at the ends
having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"