Dominant
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That to which a servitude or easement is due, or for the benefit of which it exists. Distinguished from "servient," that from which it is due. See "Easement."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That to which a servitude or easement is duo, or for the l enefit of which ■ is. Distinguished from that from which it is due. DOMINICUM (tat. domain; domain: demesne). A lordship. That of which one has the lord-hip or ownership. That which remains under the lord's iinined e and control In this sense It Is equivalent to the Saxor. lands. Spelman, Gloss.; Dlount. In I hommerely, the dominioum was in the tenant. Jn Domesday EJOOk it meant the home farm as distinguished from the o< »f the tenants. Vlnogradoff, EngL S Century 353. Property; domain; anything pertain a lord. Cowell. in Ecclesiastical Law. A church, or any other building consecrated to <;<'d. Du Cange.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Thetenement whose owner, a8 such, enjoys an easement over an adjoining tenement is called the “dominant tenement;” while that which is subject to the easement is called the “servient” one.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889