Property Law. An affirmative easement is an easement which gives the owner of the dominant tenement the right to use the servient tenement, or to do some act thereon, which would otherwise be unlawful. “Appellant’s access easement is an affirmative easement, that is, it authorizes appellee to do something which appellee would otherwise not be entitled […]
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Abandon
The term “abandon” in the law refers to one’s relinquishment and abandonment of a claim, right or interest with the intent to never again asserting an ownership in said claim, right or interest. A giving up, a total desertion, an absolute relinquishment of a right, a claim or an interest. The term is used in […]
Abalienatio
Roman Law. The perfect conveyance or transfer of property from one Roman citizen to another. This term gave place to the simpler term alienatio, from which the English term “alienation” was formed.
Abalienate
(Civil Law) To transfer over, or a making a transfer of, title or interest in realty, goods or chattels, to another by due course of law. To transfer interest or title.