Lexic.us

Definition of Easement

1. Noun. (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land).

2. Noun. The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance). "He asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

Definition of Easement

1. n. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

Definition of Easement

1. Noun. (legal) Legal right to use another person's property ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) Relief, easing. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Shed, a small outbuilding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Easement

1. relief [n -S] - See also: relief

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easement

earywig ease ease off ease up eased easeful easefull easefully easefulness easel

easeled easeless easellike easels easely easer easers eases easie easier

easier said than done easies easiest easily easiness easinesses easing easle

Literary usage of Easement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"Interference with easement.— The easement is the dominant estate and land over which it is to be exercised is servient thereto. Therefore, the owner of the ..."

2. The Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany (1920)
"The latter question is frequently, perhaps more usually, the subject of discussion and adjudication without the employment of the expression quasi easement, ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"An easement in a street or other highway appurtenant to an abutting lot partakes of the ... An easement is connected with and appurtenant to real estate, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"existence of an easement that it is not only beneficial to Chap. ... The principles must therefore be accepted that there No easement must not only be a ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"An "easement appurtenant" being one which inheres in the land, and is necessary to the enjoyment thereof, and is in the nature of a covenant running with ..."

6. The Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany (1903)
"creased use of the easement not contemplated in its creation. ... (4) An express release by the person entitled to the easement. (5) Abandonment or implied ..."

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