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servient estate

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servient estate n. real property which has an easement or other use imposed upon it in favor of another property (called the "dominant estate"), such as right of way or use for access to an adjoining property or utility lines. The property giving usage is the servient estate, and the property holding usage of the easement is the dominant estate. (See: easement, dominant estate)



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The fact that the map was later abandoned does not have any significance since the easements were already in place when the map was filed and those easements could not be eliminated by any act of the servient estate (the burdened property).
 
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