Servitus

Lat In 'the civil law. Slavery; bandage; the state of service. Defined as "an institution of the conventional law of nations, by which one person is subjected to the dominion of another, contrary to natural right." Inst. 1, 3, 2. Also a service or servitude; an easement.

— Servitus actus. The servifude or right of walking, riding, or driving over another's ground. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of right of way.

— Servitus altius non tollendi. The servitude of not building higher. A right attached to a house, by which its proprietor can revent his neighbor from building his own ouse higher. Inst. 2, 3, 4.

— Servitus aquae duCendæ. The servifude of leading water; the right of leading water to one's own premises through another's land. Inst. 2, 3, pr.

— Servitus aquae educendae. The servitude of leading off water; the right of leading off the water from one's own onto another's ground. Dig. 8, 3, 29.

— Servitus aquæ hauriendæ. The servifude or right of draining water from another's spring or well. Inst. 2, 3, 2.
—. Servitus cloacae mittendæ. The servitude or right of having a sewer through the house or ground of one's neighbor. Dig. 8, 1, 7.

— Servitus fumi immittendi. The servitude or right of leading off smoke or vapor through the chimney or over the ground of one's neighbor. Dig. 8, 5, 8, 5-7.

— Servitus itineris. The servifude or privilege of walking, riding, and being carried over another's ground. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of right of way.

— Servitus luminum. The servitude of lights; the right of making or having windows or other openings in a wall belonging to another, or in a common wall, in order to obtain light for one's building. Dig. 8, 2, 4.

— Servitus ne luminibus officiatur. A servifude not to hinder lights ; the right of having one's lights or windows unobstructed or darkened by a neighbor's building, etc. Inst. 2, 3, 4.

— Servitus ne prospectus offendatur. A servitude not to obstruct one's prospect, i. e., not to intercept the view from one's house. Dig. 8, 2, 15.

— Servitus oneris ferendi. The servitude of bearing weight; the right to let one's building rest upon the building, wall, or pillars of one's neighbor. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 317.

— Servitns pascendi. The servitude of pasfuring; the right of pasturing one's cattle on another's ground; otherwise called "jus pascendi." Inst. 2, 3, 2.

— Servitns peeoris ad aquam adpnlsam. A right of driving one's cattle on a neighbor's land to water.

— Servitns prædii rnstici. The servifude of a rural or country estate; a rural servitude. Inst. 2, 3, pr., and 3,

— Servitns prædii urbani. The servifude of an urban or city estate ; an urban servitude. Inst. 2, 3. 1.

— Servitns prædiornm. A prædial servitude; a service, burden, or charge upon one estate for the banefit of another. Inst. 2, 3, 3.

— Servitns projiciendi. The servitude of projecting; the right of building a projection from one's house in the open space belonging to one's neighbor. Dig. 8, 2, 2,

— Servitus prospectus. A right of prospect. This may be either to give one a free prospect over his neighbor's land or to prevent a neighbor from having a prospect over one's own land. Dig. 8, 2, 15 ; Domat, 1, 1, 6.

— Servitus stillicidii. The right of drip; the right of having the water drip from the eaves of one's house upon the house or ground of one's neigh-bar. Inst. 2, 3, 1, 4; Dig. 8, 2, 2.

— Servitns tigni immittendi. The servitude of letting in a beam; the right of inserting beams in a neighbor's wall. Inst. 2, 3, 1, 4; Dig. 8, 2, 2.

— Servitus vise. The servifude or right of way; the right of walking, riding, and driving ever another's land. Inst 2, 3, pr.