California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 2 — Real or Immovable Property, Title 2 — Estates in Real Property, Chapter 3 — Servitudes, Section 803
The land to which an easement is attached is called the dominant tenement; the land upon which a burden or servitude is laid is called the servient tenement.
Notes
Defines the land to which an easement is attached as the dominant tenement and the land upon which the burden or servitude is laid as the servient tenement, distinguishing the land benefited by the easement from the land that bears its burden.
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