Meaning of EASEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'eezmunt
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- [n] the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
- [n] (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
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| | Synonyms: | | alleviation, easing, relief |
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| | See Also: | | decrease, detente, diminution, exclusive right, liberalisation, liberalization, palliation, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, public easement, reduction, relaxation, right of way, spasmolysis, step-down | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ease"ment\, n. [OF. aisement. See {Ease}, n.]
1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience;
accommodation.
In need of every kind of relief and easement.
--Burke.
2. (Law) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one
proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor,
distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water
course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls
servitude. --Kent.
3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of
direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
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| | Related Terms: | | abatement, absolute interest, aid and comfort, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, assurance, benefit, claim, comfort, common, condolence, consolation, contingent interest, deadening, diminishment, diminution, disburdening, disencumberment, dulling, ease, easing, encouragement, equitable interest, equity, estate, holding, interest, lessening, lightening, limitation, lulling, mitigation, mollification, numbing, palliation, part, percentage, reassurance, reduction, relief, remedy, right, right of entry, salving, settlement, shred of comfort, softening, solace, solacement, soothing, stake, strict settlement, subduement, support, sympathy, title, trust, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing, use, vested interest |
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