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An '''easement appurtenant''' is not assignable because it is inseparable from the dominant estate. | An '''easement appurtenant''' is not assignable because it is inseparable from the dominant estate. | ||
An '''easement for profit''' (profit-à-prendre in French) is a right to enter another’s land to extract something of value from it (as by mining, drilling, logging, fishing, or hunting). This kind of commercially purposed easement is virtually always assignable. See Restatement of Property § 489 comment b. | An '''easement for profit''' (profit-à-prendre in French) is a right to enter another’s land to extract something of value from it (as by mining, drilling, logging, fishing, or hunting). This kind of commercially purposed easement is virtually always assignable. See Restatement of Property § 489 comment b. | ||
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#Condemnation through eminent domain | #Condemnation through eminent domain | ||
#Release: easement holder voluntarily gives up the easement in writing | #Release: easement holder voluntarily gives up the easement in writing | ||
#Abandonment: easement is extinguished when the holder of the easement abandons it | #Abandonment: easement is extinguished when the holder of the easement abandons it | ||
#Prescription: this occurs when the servient owner satisfies most elements of '''adverse possession''' | #Prescription: this occurs when the servient owner satisfies most elements of '''adverse possession''' | ||
#Purchase of the servient estate by a BFP (Bona fide purchaser https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bona_fide_purchaser ) for value | #Purchase of the servient estate by a BFP (Bona fide purchaser https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bona_fide_purchaser ) for value | ||
