easement
pronunciation
How to pronounce easement in British English:
UK [ˈi:zmənt]
How to pronounce easement in American English:
US [ˈizmənt]
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- Noun:
- (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)
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
Word Origin
- easement (n.)
- late 14c., "compensation, redress," from Old French aisement "comfort, convenience; use, enjoyment," from aisier "to ease," from aise (see ease (n.)). The meaning "legal right or privilege of using something not one's own" is from early 15c.
Example
- 1. Article 164 the easement shall not be transferred alone .
- 2. Article 164 the easement may not be transferred alone .
- 3. As outright land purchases have decreased , conservation is increasingly becoming an easement business .
- 4. Your question involve the easement system in chinese civil law .
- 5. Faulty analysis in easement and license case .