Dominant estate

(Law)

the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement.

dominant estate

Where a restriction on use of one piece of real property is imposed in order to confer a benefit upon the owner of another, the former is called the servient estate and the latter the dominant estate.For example, if ownership of one field confers upon its owner the easement or right to walk across the field of a neighbor in order to reach the highway, the field whose owner has that right is the dominant estate and that which may be crossed is the servient estate.

dominant estate

Related to dominant estate: Servient tenement

dominant estate

n. in real estate law, the property retained when the owner splits off and conveys part of the property to another party, but retains some rights such as an easement for access (a driveway) or utilities. The property sold off upon which there is the easement is called the servient estate. These are also called dominant tenement and servient tenement, respectively. (See: easement)

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