servitudes
Property use restrictions
Servitudes is the plural of servitude, which most often means a state of subjection or bondage—being bound to serve another: The peasants lived in servitude to the lord.
In legal use, a servitude is a right that burdens one property for the benefit of another, such as an easement allowing passage across land.
The plural appears mainly in legal contexts discussing multiple such encumbrances.
Rules about ownership rights
- incorporealNot made of matter
- usufructRight to another's property
- habitationPlace where people live
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
covenants · succession · title · deed · tenure · ownership · lien · easement
Legal passage entitlement
- accessRight to enter
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
- ingressAccess or entry right
- egressMeans of departure
utility · drainage · overhead · underground · crossing · corridor · passage · thoroughfare
Required moral task
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- chargeCost or accusation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
necessity · debt · pledge · covenant · bond · encumbrance · compliance · performance
Binding formal pledge
- limitationBound on extent
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
encumbrance · ordinance · ban · impediment · curtailment · preclusion · exclusion · injunction
Forcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- enslavementForced human ownership
- captivityState of being confined
- thralldomEnslaved condition
indenture · serfdom · vassalage · peonage · forced labor · bondsman · manumission · emancipation
property law
Rules about ownership rights
- incorporealNot made of matter
- usufructRight to another's property
- habitationPlace where people live
encumbrance · covenants · succession · title · deed · tenure · ownership · lien · easement · burden
right-of-way
Legal passage entitlement
egress · utility · drainage · overhead · underground · crossing · corridor · passage · thoroughfare · pipeline
duty
Required moral task
requirement · necessity · debt · pledge · covenant · bond · encumbrance · compliance · performance · maintenance
covenant
Binding formal pledge
- limitationBound on extent
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
constraint · encumbrance · ordinance · ban · impediment · curtailment · preclusion · exclusion · injunction · moratorium
subjugation
Forcing into submission
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- enslavementForced human ownership
- captivityState of being confined
thralldom · indenture · serfdom · vassalage · peonage · forced labor · bondsman · manumission · emancipation · abolition
- property lawfreehold, leasehold, deed, deeds, title
- Quebec lawnotaries, notary, advocates, obligations, patrimony
- easementseasement, easements, right of way, rights of way, road access
- encumbrancesencumbrance, lien, mortgage lien, tax lien, easement
- hereditamentsland, freehold, leasehold, life estate, realty
- land covenantsdeed restrictions, CC&Rs, building restrictions, height limits, setback requirements
servitudesfreehold
Permanent property title
full ownership · dominion · clear title · proprietorship · proprietary rights
servitudesfreedoms
Rights to act unhindered
liberties · emancipation · independence · autonomy · self-determination
- indentured servitudeContractual unfree labor for term