easement

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The government should be able to sue to get an easement to the beach.

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Quick take

(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)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of easement gathered in one view.

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)

noun

the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for easement.

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)

noun

the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

Example sentences

The government should be able to sue to get an easement to the beach.

And an easement in this case means that the public can use the land without owning it.

Even if it happens to be private, the public should still have an easement to pass through.

If he doesn't want people on his property, he shouldn't have bought property that has a preexisting public easement.

I assume that isn't happening because of the Telco/Cable duopoly that controls easement rights in almost every city.

So, Khosla may be able to hang on to his land with no easement, but he won't be able to do anything with it, close the road, or build on it without negotiating with the CC. There is a second lawsuit pending regarding the closure of the road that may make more headway on this basis.

It's largely thanks to the CCC enforcing easement requirements on beach front homeowners, including some very powerful people, that there is any public access at all in places like Malibu.

What can the state really do if someone rightfully \n owns property blocking access that doesn't contain an \n easement?\n\nClaiming property for public use, such as the construction of roads, is the purpose of eminent domain [1].

"One issue I don't understand here is why the parcel is exempt from the public easement required through the California state constitution... it makes sense that the treaty required the US to recognize existing land ownership, but it seems strange that it exempt from constitution where it comes to use.