easement
/ˈizmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.79 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc., that is curved instead of abruptly changing direction.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The power company has an easement to put their electricity poles along the edge of this land."
- "Eaſement is a privilege that one Neighbour hath of another, by Writing or Preſcription, without profit; as a Way or a Sink through his Land, or ſuch like."
- "[page 1] That branch of these accessorial rights which confers merely a convenience to be exercised over the neighbouring land, without any participation in the profit of it, is called, by the law of England, Easements, as rights to the passage of light, air, and water. […] [page 2] The origin of some easements is as ancient as that of property—one tenement may be subjected to the convenience of another by the hand of nature itself—the inferior elevation of one in relation to the other, may subject it to the fall of water from the higher ground."
- "The 1955 Act gave powers for compulsory acquisition of "easements", or permission to tunnel beneath dwelling houses instead of, as had previously been necessary, following approximately the course of surface roads."
- "The Lake Company actually had an easement – a right to flood some of this land – dating from 1845."
- "Pacific Telephone had an easement "for the stringing of telephone and electric light and power wires" over the property of Salvaty."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”) + -ment (“-ment, suffix forming nouns, usually the action or state resulting from verbs”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: aisement
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈizmənt/
- British English: /ˈiːzm(ə)nt/