What is Dominant Land ?

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Dominant land is the property that has an easement over another piece of property. The type of easement involved when refering to dominant land is almost always an appurtenant easement. similarly, it is almost always an affirmative easement, that is, one that permits or allows a person to do something. A dominant estate or piece of land is also called a Dominant tenement.

To establish if your property is dominant over another, you must first check your title register and title deeds for a reference to any easements. If you have an easement over anothers land, you have a dominant plot.

It is worth noting dominant and serviant tenements can be held for one title (piece of land).

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