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easement
easement [Anglo-French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist] : an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the right to cross the land or have a view continue unobstructed over it) see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare license, profit, right of way, servitude affirmative easement : an easement entitling a person to do something affecting the land of another that would constitute trespass or a nuisance if not for the easement compare negative easement in this entry apparent easement : an easement whose existence is detectable by its outward appearance (as by the presence of a water pipe) ap·pur·te·nant easement [ə-pərt-n-ənt-] : easement appurtenant in this entry common easement : an easement in which the owner of the land burdened by the easement retains the privilege of sharing the benefits of the easeme...
gross
gross [Middle English, immediately obvious, from Middle French gros thick, coarse, from Latin grossus] 1 : flagrant or extreme esp. in badness or offensiveness : of very blameworthy character [a violation of the rules of ethics] [a abuse of trust] 2 : consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions [ annual earnings] compare net gross·ly adv gross·ness n n : overall total exclusive of deductions in gross 1 : as a lump sum see also lump sum alimony at alimony 2 : independently existing, belonging to a person, and not attached to land see also easement in gross at easement vt : to earn or bring in (an overall total) exclusive of deductions (as for taxes or expenses) ...
Hereditaments
Hereditaments, every kind of property that can be inherited; i.e., not only property which a person has by descent from his ancestors, but also that which he has by purchase, because his heir can inherit it from him. The two kinds of hereditaments are corporeal, which are tangible (in fact, they mean the same thing as land), and incorporeal, which are not tangible, and are the rights and profits annexed to, or issuing out of, land. It includes money held in trust to be laid out in land [Re Gosselin, (1906) 1 Ch 120].Any property that can be inherited; anything that passes by intestacy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 730.The enumeration of incorporeal hereditaments in Hale's Analysis (p. 48) is the following:-Rents, services, tithes, commons, and other profits in alieno solo, pensions, offices, franchises, liberties, villains, dignities. But Blackstone enumerates ten principal kinds:-Advowsons, tithes, commons, ways, offices, dignities, franchises, corodies or pensions, annuities,...
Profit a prendre
Profit a prendre, ' right for a man, in respect of his tenement, to take some profit out of the tenement of another man. Except in the case of a copyholder no claim of a profit ' prendre in alieno solo can be made by custom, nor can it be claimed by a fluctuating body such as the inhabitants of a place (Williams on Rights of Common, p. 194). See LAMMAS LANDS. A prescription in a que estate for a profit a prendre in alieno solo without stint and for commercial purposes is unknown to the law, Harris v. Chesterfield (Earl), 1911 AC 623. As to a demise of a profit a prendre, see Radcliff v. Hayes, (1907) 1 Ir R 101. A profit a prendre in gross is a right of property which may be dealt with and transferred in the manner appropriate to the right, Welcome v. Upton, (1840) 6 M&W 536. Consult Gale on Easements, and Hall on Profits a Prende....
interest
interest [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1 : a right, title, claim, or share in property Article Nine security interest : security interest in this entry beneficial interest : the right to the use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy equitable interest : an interest (as a beneficial interest) that is held by virtue of equitable title or that may be claimed on the ground of equitable relief [claimed an equitable interest in the debtor's assets] executory interest : a future interest other than a remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting...
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