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Easements: Classification, Creation, Enforcement, and Termination

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Summary

An easement gives someone a limited right to use or enter another person's land for a defined purpose. This lesson introduces the nature of easements and the main ways they are classified.

An easement is a nonpossessory property right to use or enter another person's real property. The holder receives a specific use right, not general possession or ownership of the land. A familiar example is a right of way allowing one landowner to cross a neighbor's land to reach a road.

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What is an easement?
A nonpossessory property right to use or enter another person's land for a specified, limited purpose.
What are the dominant and servient estates?
The dominant estate benefits from the easement; the servient estate is burdened by it.
What is an easement in gross?
An easement benefiting a person or entity rather than a particular parcel.
How do affirmative and negative easements differ?
An affirmative easement permits a specified use; a negative easement restricts a specified activity.
What makes an easement appurtenant?
It benefits a dominant parcel and generally transfers with that parcel.

Quiz questions

  1. What is the defining feature of an easement?Answer: It is a nonpossessory right to use or enter another person's land for a limited purpose.
  2. What distinguishes an affirmative easement from a negative easement?Answer: An affirmative easement permits a specified use; a negative easement restricts a specified activity.
  3. What distinguishes a public easement from a private easement?Answer: A public easement grants a use right to the public; a private one benefits a private person or entity.
  4. What is a floating easement?Answer: An easement described without a definite route or location.
  5. Which statement generally distinguishes a license from an easement?Answer: A license is usually personal permission, while an easement is a property right.

Based on the Wikipedia article Easement, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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