Easements

3. A right granted by a servient owner for another person to enter or perform an act on the servient land.
6. When the original land was divided, the easement was apparent and has had continuous use.
9. An easement written into a document, often a deed, which should be recorded.
10. A right that a non-owner has over a piece of real property.
12. The easement ends automatically upon the occurrence of some event or upon expiration of the stated period.
13. Adverse continuous use of the land for the statutory period ends the easement.
15. When the ST reasonably relies on a statement or representation by the DT which ends the easement.
16. When a party has used the land in an actual, continuous, open, adverse, notorious, exclusive way under claim of right for the statutory period.
17. Forbids a landowner from doing something on his own land that might harm a neighbor.
18. An easement by necessity terminates as soon as the necessity ends.
19. Non-possessory right to use or cross over another person’s property for a specific purpose.

1. The tracts of land are “united” and owned by one person again.
2. When the original land was divided, the easement was necessary to the enjoyment of land because no other access was available; not merely a convenience.
4. An easement is given up and never used again.
5. When the government exercises its eminent domain power to take the land.
7. Benefits the easement owner personally rather than in connection with land use.
8. A ST cannot deny the DT use of the easement after the ST has orally allowed the DT to use the easement and DT made improvements in reliance on the agreement.
11. Gives the right to use the land for a specific purpose to whomever owns a parcel of land the easement benefits.
14. The parties voluntarily terminate easement through a deed.