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Servient

Servient \Serv"i*ent\, a. [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.]
--Dyer.

Servient tenement or Servient estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant.
--Gale & Whately.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
servient

1640s, from Latin servientem "subordinate," present participle of servire "be a servant, be a slave" (see serve (v.)).

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servient

a. (context obsolete legal English) subordinate

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Usage examples of "servient".

The other would be the former Servient Cousinnow Dominantwhich would have acquired the main thrust and probabilistic strength of temporal evolution.

I also remembered her to be a very gentle and unselfish woman, and a very timid one, timid to the point of being thoroughly sub- servient to anyone who happened to be around.

This seems to be written of a rural servitude (aqua) which was lost by mere disuse, without adverse user by the servient owner.