The term 'easementary right' may seem peculiar to you, but let me tell you, not all real estate experts are familiar with the term. The normal course of a real estate transaction is usually focused on the buying or selling of a property, the related taxes, and other legal formalities. Easementary right is a privilege that's a mile apart from these transactions. The concept goes thus: a person who owns land doesn't just enjoy the rights to his or her land, but is also given a right over an adjacent property that's not under his or her possession.
How Do Easement Rights Arise?
The imposition, acquisition, and transfer of easement rights take place by:
Prescription, where rights are obtained by the incessant assertion of the right, open, and
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Example: When a kid uses someone's backyard as a quick route to reach the road, uninterrupted by the owners of the land, it creates a permanent right of way, essentially an easement
Grant, where easement rights are created via legal documents, recorded with the recorder of the deeds, and is commonly referred to as a written express grant of easement.
Necessity, when it is necessary to the reasonable use of land or property. However, necessity alone cannot stand as a sufficient claim; claims can be made if the transfer or partition necessitates it.
Essentials of An Easement
The existence of a dominant and servient property, where the dominant and the servient must be different persons
Accommodation of the dominant tenement in the easement
Possession of easementary rights for beneficial enjoyment of the dominant tenement
The easementary right should entitle the dominant owner to do and continue to do something, or prevent and continue to prevent something being done, in or upon, or in respect of servient treatment
The 'something done' should be capable of forming the subject matter of a grant.
Quick Know-Hows
Easement rights are backed by the law and have several conditions attached to it. Getting acquainted with these basic know-hows can prove
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