Easement
A right to use another person's land for a specific purpose, such as access or utilities, without owning it.
An easement is a nonpossessory right to use someone else's land for a defined purpose. An easement appurtenant benefits an adjoining parcel and transfers with the land, creating a dominant estate (the one benefited) and a servient estate (the one burdened). An easement in gross benefits a person or company, such as a utility, rather than a neighboring parcel.
An easement by necessity can arise when a parcel would otherwise be landlocked with no legal access to a road.
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