Elements of appurtenant easements

To be a legal appurtenant easement, the properties involved must be
adjacent to each other and must be owned by separate entities.

The two parties to an appurtenant easement have legal titles that describe
their user-victim relationship. Remember, however, that appurtenant easements belong to the property-not necessarily the person:

• Dominant tenement. The real property that benefits from the easement is normally called the dominant tenement.
• Servient tenement. The real property that allows itself to be used or
  limited is normally called the servient tenement. .