{Servient tenement} or {Servient estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under {Dominant}. --Gale & Whately. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
servient estate — see estate 4 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. servient estate n … Law dictionary
servient estate — Same as servient premises … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate — 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;… … Law dictionary
servient 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 … Law dictionary
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. Dominant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Servient 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
servient — /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
servient — adj. Denoting an estate subject to an easement or servitude. See also estate, easement. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
servient 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… … Black's law dictionary
servient premises — Land owned by one person which is subject to an easement in another. A tenement or estate upon which an easement in the form of a charge or burden is placed for the benefit of a dominant estate or tenement. See easement … Ballentine's law dictionary
