Land use and encumbrances
Easement appurtenant
An easement benefiting one parcel of land at the expense of another
Two parcels are involved. The dominant tenement enjoys the right; the servient tenement carries the burden. The easement is attached to the land rather than to the person, so it passes automatically to the next owner of the dominant parcel — it "runs with the land".
How the exam asks about it
The trap is which parcel is which. The one that benefits is dominant, the one that is crossed is servient, and the exam will describe them without using either word.
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