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.
S.D. Codified Laws § 43-13-3
Definition of terms--Dominant tenement--Servient tenement
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Brown v. Cahanson (2007)
Most recently applied in Brown v. Cahanson (December 2007)
Source: CivC 1877, § 246; CL 1887, § 2762; RCivC 1903, § 269; RC 1919, § 339; SDC 1939, § 51.0603.
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