easement

According to the town, it owned an easement to build and operate a road there, and someone should have told me that before I bought the house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

"If they can win over just enough to clear enough hurdles to get the next easement or next little contract or permit approved, they know they'll be able to get their work done."

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024

He was asked to identify the portion of the profits attributable to the easement itself, which is not a routine request he or other consultants typically receive.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

At a cost of $5,000 to $20,000 for each easement, much of it going to pay lawyers, safeguarding history is not cheap.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

He meant with your mind, and Will did it instantly, sensing the minute snags and then the minute easement as the edges lined up perfectly.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

He put some of the first conservation easements in the country on Hope Plantation and St. Phillips Island, according to “Last Stand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

And much of the flatland area that McNeill views as most appropriate for development is restricted by open space easements purchased by the county in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

That means that any easements would have to be found within the bounds of the Windsor Framework.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024

But in North Wildwood, legal approvals and property easements from private landowners have thus far prevented one from happening.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

The phrase "running with the land" is only appropriate to covenants which pass like easements.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell