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Which action will terminate an easement?
Which action will terminate an easement?
If Sandra Chow, who owns the servient tenement, purchases the dominant tenement, how could this affect the existing easement?
If Sandra Chow, who owns the servient tenement, purchases the dominant tenement, how could this affect the existing easement?
What is the effect of a dominant tenement owner executing a quitclaim deed to release an easement?
What is the effect of a dominant tenement owner executing a quitclaim deed to release an easement?
Which of these is a method by which an appurtenant easement could be extinguished?
Which of these is a method by which an appurtenant easement could be extinguished?
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If the dominant tenement owner wishes to discontinue an easement, how should this be accomplished?
If the dominant tenement owner wishes to discontinue an easement, how should this be accomplished?
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Study Notes
Easement Termination
- An appurtenant easement, where Sandra Chow allowed a neighbor to cross her land, can be terminated by merger or by a quitclaim deed from the dominant tenement owner.
- Merger occurs when ownership of the dominant and servient tenements (the properties involved) is combined in one person.
- A quitclaim deed releases the easement. This deed from the dominant tenement owner relinquishes the easement to the servient tenement owner.
- Option C (A and B) correctly identifies the methods to terminate the easement.
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Test your knowledge on the termination of easements, focusing on appurtenant easements and the methods of merger and quitclaim deeds. Understand how these legal concepts relate to property ownership and the rights involved. This quiz will reinforce your understanding of easement law.
