easement
9
9.5
- noun
- /ˈiːzmənt/
- Specialized
:
servidumbre
- The new housing development needed to secure an easement for the access road through the adjacent land.
- conservation easement
- easement to the beach
- public easement
When we spoke with Robert Moses, I spoke about the lack of his provision of easements on his freeways.
- When we spoke with Robert Moses, I spoke about the lack of his provision of easements on his freeways.
- Well, instead we ended up writing an easement essentially that allows us to use this lot even though it's part of this property.
- The utility companies also have easements, so the power lines and the water lines and the cable and all that kind of stuff can run through properties.
- It has to be satisfied at closing any easements granted restrictions.
- And that's pretty much all they can do if otherwise they don't get their easement.
- No, I bring him and I actually managed to go to the the easement, whatever the side of Yeah, yeah, I tackle him there.
Examples
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In the context of agricultural land, the easements typically allow for farming.
Academic text (2017) -
Another constructive example is New York State's program to purchase conservation easements on agricultural land.
Academic text (2004) -
I have an easement with the previous owner of your property.
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Well, instead we ended up writing an easement essentially that allows us to use this lot even though it's part of this property.
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So there was no way we could sell the house unless I could settle this easement problem with the neighbor.
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After all, the farmer retains some rights to access and to use the easement area.
Academic text (2017) -
Some 3 million acres are under conservation easement in the United States, and lawsuits have been extremely rare.
Academic text (2001) -
The utility companies also have easements, so the power lines and the water lines and the cable and all that kind of stuff can run through properties.
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As the American Farmland Trust has emphasized, easements are important in resolving urban-rural fringe conflicts as well.
Academic text (1998) -
Before building the fence, they ensured they had an easement to use the pathway along the side of the property.
Synonyms
A right that lets everyone use land as a street or path
A right for more than one person to use part of another person's land for access or utilities
Compounds
- Formal
A right for more than one person to use part of another person's land for access or utilities
How Restrictive
- Formal
71
6.1
- Specialized
30
9.4
- Specialized
526
5.4
- Formal
1
8.9
340
3.0
- Specialized
9
9.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word easement comes from ease 'to make easy' or 'comfort' and the ending -ment, so it originally means 'the making of something easy'. In law, an easement is a right that makes it easy to use someone else's land, like a path across their property.