servitude
- Domaine
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- droit
Définition :
Charge imposée sur un fonds dit « fonds servant » pour l'utilité d'un autre fonds, dit « fonds dominant », appartenant à un autre propriétaire.
Note :
La servitude est un droit réel immobilier et constitue un accessoire du fonds lui-même. Elle est indivisible, perpétuelle, mais pourrait toutefois être limitée pour un temps déterminé. Elle peut être rachetée avec l'assentiment du propriétaire du fonds dominant. On distingue : a. les servitudes naturelles, b. les servitudes légales; c. les servitudes établies par le fait de l'homme d. les servitudes de voiries.
Terme :
- servitude n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Fédération internationale des géomètres,Note :
In English law, a "servitude", according to the French text, may be either an "easement", a "profit à prendre", a "restrictrive covenant", or other right attaching to land. Referring to the English law: An "easement" is a right over one piece of land (the servient tenement) enjoyed by another piece of land the dominant tenement). It exists for the benefit of the dominant tenement, and cannot be separated from it. It must be capable of forming a legal grant, and it normally falls into one of five categories comprising rights of air, light, support, water and way, respectively. It only exists if the dominant and servient tenement are in separate ownerships. A "profit à prendre" is a right to take something of the land of another person (e.g. to take wood for fuel: or to pasture one's animals on the other's land). This right is normally attached to the ownership of a dominant tenement, but in certain special cases it exists separately. It differs from an easement, in enabling the dominant owner to take some physical benefit from the land; an easement is solely a right over land (e.g. to walk over it, or to receive uninterrupted light across it). By a freak of the law, the right to take water is an easement and not a profit. A "restrictive covenant" is an agreement between two persons which imposes some restriction upon the land of one of them, normally for the benefit of the other. This covers a somewhat different field than easements, and the most usual restrictive covenant is one which prevents building on a piece of land, or prevents building other than that specified in the covenant. Similarly, there may be covenants restricting the use to which a property may be put (e.g. as a dwelling-house only; or as an office only). These covenants usually arise on the development of states, where similar covenants are made by all purchasers of plots, for their mutual protection. They are also found in leases, where the landlord restricts the use which the tenant may make of the premises.
Terme :
- right over land
Terme associé :
- servitude