Article 613
ELI5— what this means for you
An easement (servitude) is a real right on another's property — allowing the dominant estate (the benefitted land) to use the servient estate (the burdened land) in a specific way.
Official text — RA 386
An easement or servitude is an encumbrance imposed upon an immovable for the benefit of another immovable belonging to a different owner.
The immovable in favor of which the easement is established is called the dominant estate; that which is subject thereto, the servient estate. (530)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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