Dominant Estate in United States

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Dominant Estate (Tenement)

Where the owners of one estate are entitled to the beneficial use of another’s property. Often the beneficial use is in the nature of an easement (in U.S. law), so the dominant estate has a right of easement in the servient estate.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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Dominant Tenement in this Legal Encyclopedia
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Dominant Estate Owner’s Abandonment of Easement of Way

This section examines the Dominant Estate Owner’s Abandonment of Easement of Way subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.