The land to which an easement is attached is called the dominant tenement; the land upon which a burden or servitude is laid is called the servient tenement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 803
Servitudes
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case 52 Cal. App. 4th 754 - Reichardt v. Hoffman (1997)
Most recently applied in 8 Cal. App. 5th 1057 - Vieira Enterprises, Inc. v. McCoy (January 2017)
Enacted 1872.
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