servient estate

  • 1servient estate — see estate 4 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. servient estate n …

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  • 2Servient estate — Servient Serv i*ent, a. [L. serviens, entis, p. pr. See {Serve}.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. [1913 Webster] {Servient tenement} or {Servient estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3servient estate — Same as servient premises …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… …

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  • 5servient tenement — See: servient estate Category: Real Estate & Rental Property → Buying a House Category: Real Estate & Rental Property → Homeowners Category: Real Estate & Rental Property → Selling a House Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N …

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  • 6Servient — Serv i*ent, a. [L. serviens, entis, p. pr. See {Serve}.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. [1913 Webster] {Servient tenement} or {Servient estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7Servient tenement — Servient Serv i*ent, a. [L. serviens, entis, p. pr. See {Serve}.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. [1913 Webster] {Servient tenement} or {Servient estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8servient — /sarv(i)yant/ Serving; subject to a service or servitude. A servient estate is one which is burdened with a servitude …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9servient — adj. Denoting an estate subject to an easement or servitude. See also estate, easement. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 10servient tenement — /sarv(i)yant tenamant/ The person whose land is subject to an easement. An estate in respect of which a service is owing, as the dominant tenement is that to which the service is due. Northwestern Improvement Co. v. Lowry, 104 Mont. 289, 66 P.2d… …

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