The land to which an easement is attached is called the dominant tenement; the land upon which a burden or servitude is laid is called the servient tenement.

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Source: CivC 1877, § 246; CL 1887, § 2762; RCivC 1903, § 269; RC 1919, § 339; SDC 1939, § 51.0603.