easement
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In a motion to dismiss the case, the university argued that the agreement didn’t create a public easement and that it is only obligated to allow the city access for maintaining underground facilities and hydrants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
The notice also stated that unoccupied beach furniture in the public access easement created the “incorrect impression that the entire area surrounding the obstructions is private property without public access.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
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
State parks officials were not available for an interview to discuss the situation, but said in a statement that the department “continues to look for opportunities to either secure land or easements to provide access.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
That means that any easements would have to be found within the bounds of the Windsor Framework.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
The pipeline had been installed in 1953 and, at the time, had received easements to do so from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2023
We must take it that easements have become an incident of land by an unconscious and unreasoned assumption that a piece of land can have rights.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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