is the standard term - the "derecho "refers to the fact that this is a right usually conferred on a third party, who may, for example, transit through your property or have cables or pipes laid through it

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A right of passage over a neighbor\'s land or waterway. An easement is a type of servitude. For every easement, there is a dominant and a servient tenement. Easements are also classified as negative (which prevents the servient land owner from doing certain things) or affirmative easements (the most common, which allows the beneficiary of the easement to do certain things, such as a right-of-way). Although right-of-ways are the most common easements, there are many others such as rights to tunnel under another\'s land, to use a washroom, to emit smoke or fumes, to pass over with transmission towers, to access a dock and to access a well.
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Access rights to a portion of a property for which the owner gives up his rights of development (such as a power line easement to a utility company).
commpres.env.state.ma.us/content/glossary.asp


The right one party has in regard to the property of another, such as the right of a public utility company to lay lines.
www.ginniemae.gov/ypth/resources/mortgage_terms.htm


A right of use over the property of another created by grant, reservation, agreement, prescription or necessary implication. It is either for the benefit of adjoining land (“appurtenant”), such as the right to cross A to get to B., or for the benefit of a specific individual (“in gross”), such as a public utility easement.
www.centerforcommercialrealestate.com/glossary.htm


A right of way giving persons other that the owner access to or over a property.
www.utahhousingcorp.org/homebuyer_glossary.html


The right acquired for access to or over another person\'s property for a specific purpose, such as for a driveway or public utilities. This is referred to as \"servitude\" in the Province of Quebec.
www.royalbank.com/buyingahome/bh_glossary.html


The right of the owner of one parcel of land to use all or part of the land of another for a specific purpose. Runs with the land. Requires one property to be in dominant position (enjoys the benefit of the easement) and one property to be in servient position (is subject to the right).
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—A right of way giving persons other than the owner access to or over a property.
www.sutterwest.com/glossary.htm


A right or privilege that a person may have on another\'s land, as the right of a way or ingress or egress.
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A right to use the land of another for a specific purpose, such as for a right-of-way or utilities; an incorporeal interest in land. An easement appurtenant passes with the land when conveyed.
www.co.dane.wi.us/regdeeds/defini.htm


The authorization provided by a property owner for the use of his or her property or any designated portion thereof by another for a specified purpose and/or period of time.
www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/cpm/cpm002.html


The right to make limited use of another person’s land. It is usually granted in writing by the owner and becomes an interest in the land and an encumbrance (see Encumbrance) on the title. For example, as the owner, you may wish to grant an easement for the installation of a utility line through your property. (see Cloud on Title)
www.omsrates.com/mortgagedictionary.cfm


—A legal instrument enabling the giving, selling, or taking or certain land or water rights without transfer of title, such as for the passage of utility lines. An affirmative easement gives the owner of the easement the right to use the land for a stated purpose. A negative easement is an agreement with a private property owner to limit the development of his land in specific ways.
www.nalms.org/glossary/lkword_e.htm


The right to use the land of another for a specific purpose. Easements may be temporary or permanent.
www.beaconmortgage.com/terms.htm


The right of a person, government agency, or public utility company to use public or private land owned by another for a specific purpose. (Geaugua County, Ohio)
www.planning.org/pas/zoning.htm


The right to use the land of another for a specific purpose. Easements may be temporary or permanent. Example : The utility company may need an easement to run electric lines.
www.mortgagecuso.com/glossarye.htm


An \"easement\" entitles its holder to specific interests, such as a right of way, in land owned by someone else.
www.online-homeowners-insurance-quotes-rates-company.com/gl...


A right granted from a property owner to another for a specific use of a portion of the owners land. Public utilities often use easements for the purpose of installing their utility lines.
www.academyrealestate.com/glossary.htm


The right to go onto another person\'s private property or use that property for a specific purpose; a right of way. An easement must be granted by the landowner. (see conservation easement)
www.opb.org/programs/oregonstory/land_trusts/glossary/


A right to use all or part of the land owned by another for a specific purpose. An easement may, for example, entitle its holder to install and maintain sewer or utility lines.
www.gac.com/resource/glossary.html


The right to make limited use of another personâs land. It is usually granted in writing by the owner and becomes an interest in the land and an encumbrance (see Encumbrance) on the title. For example, as the owner, you may wish to grant an easement for the installation of a utility line through your property. (see Cloud on Title)
www.loanfax.com/loanfax/mortdict.html


A right of use over the property of another created by grant, reservation, agreement, prescription or necessary implication. It is either for the benefit of adjoining land (Appurtenant), such as the right to cross A to get to B, or for the benefit of a specific individual (in gross), such as a public utility easement.
www.crye-leike.com/commercial/glossary.php


(UK) A right appurtenant to a parcel of land entitling a dominant owner to use the land of the servient owner in a particular manner, or constraining the legal rights otherwise enjoyed by the servient owner, eg. A right of way, right to light, right to support. Strictly speaking, easements cannot exist \"in gross\", ie personal and unattached to the ownership of land, but rights similar to easements can be created by statute, usually for the benefit of public utility undertakings, and these are commonly referred to as \"statutory easements\".
www.indiaproperties.com/vroot/link/glossary.asp


A less-than-fee interest that includes selected rights, or grants the holder the right to prevent certain land uses. A property owner retains ownership and the rights other than those expressly limited by the easement. Easements may be granted for a number of reasons, including access, public utilities, conservation, open-space, and scenic purposes.
www.santacruzlafco.org/pages/definitions.html


(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)
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn