What is "servient estate"

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.

A servient estate (or servient premises or servient tenement) is contrasted with a dominant estate (or dominant premises). These terms are usually used in reference to estates or tenements in the law of easements. A dominant estate has the benefit of a servitude or easement over the servient estate.

Category:Real property law