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easement |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Easement \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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