Easements and Profits Flashcards

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1
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An easement is a right which ________ one piece of land over a ________ piece of land

A

benefits, different

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What is the servient tenement?

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The land over which a right is enjoyed (burdened land)

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What is the dominent tenement?

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The land enjoying the benefit of a right

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What are the 4 requirements of a valid easement?

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  1. There must be a dominant and a servient tenement.
  2. An easement must “accommodate” (i.e. benefit) the dominant tenement.
  3. Dominant and servient owners must be different persons.
  4. The right is capable of forming the subject-matter of a grant.
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What is a profit a prendre?

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The right to take something from land belonging to another

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A profit a prendre appurtenant is a right _______ to the land.

A profit a prendre in gross is a right ___ _______ to the land and is _________ in its own right

A

attached, not attached, transferable

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Generally, how must legal easements or profits be created and how long can they be for (2 options)

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Created by Deed
1. Fixed period
2. Unlimited period

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8
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Equity may recognise an easement if its __ ______ and _______ by both parties

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in writing, signed

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What are 4 ways in which an easement can be created?

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  1. Express grant or reservation
  2. Implied grant or reservation
  3. Prescription
  4. Statute
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What is an express grant or reservation?

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Where a landowner grants rights to benefit land being sold or reserves rights to benefit retained land

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When will an implied grant or reservation create an easement?

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Due to necessity

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What are the three requirements for an easement that’s implied by existing use to pass on sale of a landholding?

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  1. Continuous and apparent
  2. Necessary
  3. Used by the seller
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What are two requirements for an easement to be created by prescription?

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  1. Benefits without permission/payment
  2. 20 years
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Which three types of easement will be treated as a legal easement/interest if they’re held on the terms equivalent to a freehold or leasehold?

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  1. Statute
  2. Deed
  3. Prescription
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To protect a legal easement in registered land (thus binding future purchasers of the servient tenement), the easement must be …

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registered

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16
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How and where will the benefit of a legal easement in registered land appear?

(Clue: think about what, where, and whose title)

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As a Notice on the Property register of the dominant tenement title

17
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How and where will the burden of a legal easement in registered land appear?

(Clue: think about what, where , and on whose title)

A

As a Notice on the Charges register of the servient tenement

18
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What must equitable easements in unregistered land be registered as to bind a buyer and constitute notice?

A

D(iii) Equitable easement