Question: servitudes

Answer: a non-possessory interest in property. Easements and covenants fall into this category

Question: easement

Answer: gives a party the right to physically enter and use the property of another. Anytime there is an _______ there is a servient piece of property that is subject to use and and access by the holder of the benefit of the ____.

Question: example of an easement

Answer: A has the right to use a driveway across B’s land to get to the nearest road.

Question: license

Answer: gives a party the revocable right to physically enter the property of another

Question: example of a license

Answer: B gives A permission to cross B’s land to get access to the nearest road. This permission is revocable

Question: profit

Answer: gives a party the right to physically enter the property of another and remove certain resources. A______ can be understood as an easement plus the right to remove resources.

Question: example of a profit

Answer: A has the right to enter B’s land and harvest and remove a certain amount of timber from B’s land.

Question: covenant that runs with the land

Answer: a promise that is binding on both the present and subsequent owners of the property. Can be enforced in law as real covenants or in equity as equitable servitude.

Question: A promises that neither she nor any future owner of her property will paint the house any color other than white. Presuming that certain requirements are met, A’s property is subject to a ______________________?

Answer: example of covenants that run with the land

Question: Grants

Answer: I own parcel A and you own parcel B, you and I agree that you will sell me an easement to cross your property to get to the road. You will _______ me an easement, and typically,will convey it to me expressly by deed.