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ser·vi·tude /'sər-və-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd/ n1: a condition in which an individual lacks liberty esp. to determine his or her course of action or way of life; specif: the state of being a slaveinvoluntary servitude see also amendment xiii and amendment xv to the constitution in the back matter2: a right by which property owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment of another— used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate 4 compare easementapparent servitude: a predial servitude whose existence is perceivable by exterior signs or works (as an aqueduct or road) on the propertylegal servitude: a predial servitude that is created by a limitation under the law on the use of the propertynatural servitude: a predial servitude that arises from the situation of the estates (as from one being situated downhill from another)personal servitude: a servitude that burdens property in favor of a specific named person see also right of use, usufructpredial servitude: a servitude that burdens one item of immovable property (as a tract of land) in favor of another◇ A predial servitude is transferred along with the ownership of the dominant estate, and the servient estate is always taken subject to the servitude. A predial servitude cannot be transferred separately from the dominant estate.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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bonds, burden, captivity, charge, compulsion, enslavement, enthrallment, fetters, helotism, helotry, indenture, obedience, oppression, restraint, service, servitium, servitus, slavery, subjection, subjugation, submission, subordination, subservience, suppression, thrall, thralldom
associated concepts: involuntary servitude, penal servitude, real servitude
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adhesion (loyalty), bondage, homage, restraint, subjection, thrall
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.(1) The condition of being enslaved; the condition of a person who is bound to work for another person as a servant, either voluntarily or involuntarily;see also indenture(2) An obligation or encumbrance on land that takes the form of a burden or restriction on the landowner, as opposed to an easement, which is a right or privilege enjoyed by the owner of the estate that claims it.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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See easements. See altius non tollendi, fuel, feal and divot, light or prospect, stillicide.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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The state of a person who is subjected, voluntarily or involuntarily, to another person as a servant. A charge or burden resting upon one estate for the benefit or advantage of another.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The state of a person who is subjected, voluntarily or involuntarily, to another person as a servant. A charge or burden resting upon one estate for the benefit or advantage of another.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
