About The Word Easement
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Easement
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What's The Definition Of Easement?
[n] the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
[n] (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) Synonyms | Synonyms for Easement: alleviation | easing | relief Related Terms | Find terms related to Easement: abatement | absolute interest | aid and comfort | allayment | alleviation | analgesia | anesthesia | anesthetizing | appeasement | assuagement | assurance | benefit | claim | comfort | common | condolence | consolation | contingent interest | deadening | diminishment | diminution | disburdening | disencumberment | dulling | ease | easing | encouragement | equitable interest | equity | estate | holding | interest | lessening | lightening | limitation | lulling | mitigation | mollification | numbing | palliation | part | percentage | reassurance | reduction | relief | remedy | right | right of entry | salving | settlement | shred of comfort | softening | solace | solacement | soothing | stake | strict settlement | subduement | support | sympathy | title | trust | unballasting | unburdening | unfreighting | unlading | unloading | unsaddling | untaxing | use | vested interest See Also | decrease | detente | diminution | exclusive right | liberalisation | liberalization | palliation | perquisite | prerogative | privilege | public easement | reduction | relaxation | right of way | spasmolysis | step-down Easement In Webster's Dictionary \Ease"ment\, n. [OF. aisement. See {Ease}, n.]
1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience;
accommodation.
In need of every kind of relief and easement.
--Burke.
2. (Law) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one
proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor,
distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water
course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls
servitude. --Kent.
3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of
direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
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