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easement
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ease·ment
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noun
1.
Law
.
a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
2.
an
easing
;
relief.
3.
something that gives
ease
;
a convenience.
4.
Architecture
.
a curved joint.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
esement
<
Old French
aisement,
equivalent to
aise
ease
+
-ment
-ment
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a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court; the private office of a judge
to relinquish a known right or interest intentionally
a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another
the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection
such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence
the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation
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World English Dictionary
easement
(ˈiːzmənt)
—
n
1.
property law
the right enjoyed by a landowner of making limited use of his neighbour's land, as by crossing it to reach his own property
2.
the act of easing or something that brings ease
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Word Origin & History
easement
late 14c., from O.Fr. aisement "ease," from aisier "to ease," from aise (see
ease
). The meaning "legal right or privilege of using something not one's own" is from mid-15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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