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Webster 1913 Edition
Easement
1.
That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.
In need of every kind of relief and
easement
. Burke.
2.
(Law)
A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude.
Kent.
3.
(Arch.)
A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Easement
E'ASEMENT
,Noun.
He has the advantage of a free lodging, and some other easements.
In law, any privilege or convenience which one man has of another, either by prescription or charter,without profit;as a way through his land, &c.