{"id":365085,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/servitude.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"servitude","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/servitude.html","title":{"rendered":"Servitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1<\/b> :<\/b> a condition in which an individual lacks liberty esp. to determine his or her course of action or way of life
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:<\/b> the state of being a slave [involuntary ] see also Amendment XIII<\/i> and Amendment XV<\/i> to the Constitution<\/a> in the back matter
2<\/b> :<\/b> 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<\/i> and servient estate<\/i> at estate<\/a> compare easement<\/a> <\/p>\n

apparent servitude<\/b>
:<\/b> a predial servitude whose existence is perceivable by exterior signs or works (as an aqueduct or road) on the property <\/p>\n

legal servitude<\/b>
:<\/b> a predial servitude that is created by a limitation under the law on the use of the property <\/p>\n

natural servitude<\/b>
:<\/b> a predial servitude that arises from the situation of the estates (as from one being situated downhill from another) <\/p>\n

personal servitude<\/b>
:<\/b> a servitude that burdens property in favor of a specific named person see also right of use<\/a>, usufruct<\/a> <\/p>\n

predial servitude<\/b>
:<\/b> a servitude that burdens one item of immovable property (as a tract of land) in favor of another NOTE: 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. <\/i> <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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