Noun

1. The land which suffers or has the burden of an easement. The beneficiary of the easement is called a dominant tenement.

Synonyms

• servient estate
• servient premises

Further reading

A servient estate (or servient premises or servient tenement) is contrasted with a dominant estate (or dominant premises). These terms are usually used in reference to estates or tenements in the law of easements. A dominant estate has the benefit of a servitude or easement over the servient estate.

This entry is from Wiktionary - Dictionary and thesaurus. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.