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Land

and other corporeal hereditaments; also a manor, an advowson, and a rent and other incorporeal hereditaments, and an easement, right, privilege, or benefit in, over, or derived from land; but not an undivided share in land. a

Peaceably

not defined in any Act, it is a subject of some judicial pronouncement. The prescriptive right of an easement can be acquired only when the user is inter alia nec vi, that is to say, without violence.

servitude

used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare easement apparent servitude : a predial servitude whose existence is perceivable by exterior signs or works (as an aqueduct

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Jus cloacae

Jus cloacae, means an easement consisting in the right of having a sewer or conducting surface water over or through the land of

profit

: a benefit or advantage from the use of property see also mesne profits, profit a prendre compare easement, right of way, servitude

Hereditaments

by exclusive possession; there are seigniories, fran-chises, profits a prendre, advowsons, rent charges rights of common and, possibly, easements; (2) certain heritable rights not necessarily connected with land, such as offices. Reversions, remainders, and executory interests and

encumbrance

[in-kəm-brəns] n : a claim (as a lien) against property ;specif : an interest or right (as an easement or a lease) in real property that may diminish the value of the estate but does not prevent

interest

who occupies and controls the use of property has a possessory interest, while a party who has an easement does not. purchase money security interest 1 : the security interest held by the seller of collateral to

lease

: the act of such conveyance or the term for which it is made see also sublease compare easement, license security interest at interest, tenancy NOTE: Article 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code, which governs leases where

physical taking

exercises the right of eminent domain and for which just compensation must be given [argued that requiring the easement constituted a physical taking] compare regulatory taking

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