Definition of EASEMENTS


EASEMENTS

estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or
advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit,
it may arise by deed or prescription. Vide 1 Serg. & Rawle 298, 5 Barn. &
Cr. 221, 3 Barn. & Cr. 339, 3 Bing. R. 118, 3 McCord, R. 131, 194, 2
McCord, R. 451, 14 Mass. R. 49 3 Pick. R. 408.

2. This is an incorporeal hereditament, and corresponds nearly to the
servitudes or services of the civil law. Vide Lillys Reg. h. t. 2 Bouv.
Inst. n. 1600, et seq., 3 Kent, Com. 344: Cruise, Dig. t. 31, c. 1, s. 17,
2 Hill. Ab. c. 5, 9 Pick. R. 51, 1 Bail. R. 56, 5 Mass. R. 129, 4 McCords
R. 102, Whatl. on Eas. passim, and the article Servitude.


Source: Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition

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