Definition of Predial servitude. Meaning of Predial servitude. Synonyms of Predial servitude

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Predial servitude. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Predial servitude and, of course, Predial servitude synonyms and on the right images related to the word Predial servitude.

Definition of Predial servitude

Predial servitude
Servitude Serv"i*tude, n. [L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence. You would have sold your king to slaughter, His princes and his peers to servitude. --Shak. A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up early, and goe? to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present one. --South. 2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. --Milton. 3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. --Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn. Penal servitude. See under Penal. Personal servitude (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. Predial servitude (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban.

Meaning of Predial servitude from wikipedia

- (positive servitude). Servitudes arise from express agreement, adverse possession, or as a matter of law. A predial (Brit. praedial) servitude is an incorporeal...