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Examples of easement in a Sentence
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Word History
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Easement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easement. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
Legal Definition
easement
nouncalled also nonexclusive easement
compare exclusive easement in this entryNote: Easements appurtenant run with the land and are therefore passed when the property is transferred.
called also easement by necessity, implied easement, way of necessity
called also prescriptive easement
called also personal easement
compare easement appurtenant in this entryNote: Utility companies often own easements in gross.
Note: A quasi easement may become an easement upon the transfer of one or both of the parcels.
Anglo-French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist
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