Easement: A right over a neighbour”s land or waterway. An easement is a type of servitude. For every easement, there is a dominant and a servient tenement, or piece of land . Rights-of-way are the most common easements, but others include the right to tunnel under another”s land, to emit smoke or fumes, to access a dock and to use a well. An easement that is not used for a long time may be lost.
