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predial servitude

predial servitude see servitude ...


servitude

servitude 1 : a condition in which an individual lacks liberty esp. to determine his or her course of action or way of life ;specif : the state of being a slave [involuntary ] see also Amendment XIII and Amendment XV to the Constitution in the back matter 2 : a right by which property owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment of another 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 or road) on the property legal servitude : a predial servitude that is created by a limitation under the law on the use of the property natural servitude : a predial servitude that arises from the situation of the estates (as from one being situated downhill from another) personal servitude : a servitude that burdens property in favor of a specific named person see also right of use, usufruct pre...


immovable

immovable : incapable of being moved see also immovable property at property n : an item of immovable property (as land, standing timber, or a building) [a manufactured home placed upon a lot or tract of land shall be an "Louisiana Revised Statutes"] ;also : an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property [a predial servitude is an incorporeal "Louisiana Civil Code"] often used in pl. compare movable ...


prescription

prescription [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription- praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning, dictate, order; partly from Latin praescription- praescriptio order] 1 : acquisition of an interest (as an easement) in real property that is usually less than a fee by long-term, continuous, open, and hostile use and possession as determined by the law of a jurisdiction [gained title by ] see also easement by prescription at easement compare adverse possession at possession 2 in the civil law of Louisiana a : the running of a period of time set by law after which a right is unenforceable in Louisiana courts but may be enforced in another state forum [an interruption of ] [by the of ten years] ;also : the bar to an action that results from prescription see also peremptory exception compare peremption b : the creation of a right by the running of a period of time...


real right

real right in the civil law of Louisiana : a right that is attached to a thing rather than a person [the right of ownership…may be burdened with a real right in favor of another person as allowed by law "Louisiana Civil Code"] NOTE: A real right is not restricted to real property since it can also be attached to movable property. Real rights include ownership, use, pledge, usufruct, mortgage, and predial servitude. ...


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