ASSIGNMENT 9

EASEMENTS

NANSHAL BAJAJ​
4TH YEAR B.ARCH SEC: B​
ROLL NO.: 170044​
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE I​
S.B.P.C.O.A.D.
Q. Define Easement and explain its characteristics.

An easement is a right which the owner or occupier of

certain land possesses, as such, for the beneficial
enjoyment of that land, to do and continue to do
something, or to prevent and continue to prevent
something being done, in or upon, or in respect of
certain other land which is not his own.

Characteristics essential to an Easement

The following six characteristics are essential for an
Easement.
(a) There must be a dominant and servient tenement.
(b) An easement must accommodate the dominant
tenement.
(c) The rights of easement must be possessed for the
beneficial enjoyment of the dominant tenement.
(d) Dominant and servient owners must be different
persons.
(e) The right should entitle the dominant owners to
do and continue to do something or to prevent and
continue to prevent something being done, in or
upon, or in respect of, the servient tenement.
(f) The something must be of a certain or well defined
character and be capable of forming the subject
matter of a grant.