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dominant tenement

noun Law.

land in favor of which an easement or other servitude exists over another's land.

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Also called dominant estate.

Compare servient tenement.

Origin:
1870–75

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dominant tenement

—n
	property law Compare servient tenement the land or tenement with the benefit of an easement over land belonging to another

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