What Does Servient Mean?

A servient estate is a parcel of land that is subject to an easement. The easement may be an easement in gross, an easement that benefits an individual or other entity, or it may be an easement appurtenant, an easement that benefits another parcel of land.

What is a servient person?

1a : doing service : serving. b : characteristic of a servant or subordinate : instrumental, servile. 2 : subject to some person or thing that dominates, rules, or controls : subject to a service, easement, or servitude.

Is servient a word?

(obsolete, law) Subordinate. Denoting an estate subject to an easement or servitude. See also estate and easement.