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easement

[eez-muhnt] / ˈiz mənt /
NOUN
right of way
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At a March 2025 gathering at Town Hall, the council voted to claim a public easement on Horning’s land.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

In 2015, Trump announced he would forgo his plans to build homes on 16 additional lots, instead granting an 11.5-acre conservation easement to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2024

"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

At a cost of $5,000 to $20,000 for each easement, much of it going to pay lawyers, safeguarding history is not cheap.

From New York Times Jan. 30, 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

Some parcels have been protected as open space through purchase by the Baldwin Hills Regional Conservation Authority and easements purchased by Los Angeles County decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2025

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

In the law of easements, every person who has land adjoining a public road or a public navigable river has a right of access to it from his land.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg




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