servient tenement
Servient tenement is a parcel of land that is subject to an easement and benefits another parcel of land . An easement is a privilege or right that the owner of one parcel of real property (called a dominant estate or dominant tenement ) has concerning another parcel of an estate (called a servient tenement), and the owner of a servient tenement is obligated not to interfere with that privilege . The most common easements are of an access nature. For example, a parcel of land (servient tenement) may be subject to a right-of-way that provides access to another parcel ( dominant estate ). Also termed servient property; servient estate ; lower estate.
[Last reviewed in August of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team ]
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