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Easements Act, 1882

Topic Serial # Content Case Law
 

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PRELIMINARY

 
1 Short title
2 Savings
3 Construction of certain references Act XV of 1877 and Act1X of 1871
 

CHAPTER I

 
 

OF EASEMENTS GENERALLY

 
4 "Easement" defined Case Law
5 Continuous and discontinuous, apparent and no apparent, easements
6 Easement of limited time or on condition
7 Easements restrictive of certain rights exclusive right to enjoy
 

CHAPTER, II

 
 

THE IMPOSITION, ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF EASEMENTS

 
8 Who may impose easements
9 Servient owners
10 Lessor and mortgagor
11 Lessee
12 Who may acquire easements
13 Easements of necessity and quasi‑easements Case Law
14 Direction of way of necessity
15 Acquisition by prescription Case Law
16 Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient heritage
17 Rights which cannot be acquired by prescription
18 Customary easements
19 Transfer of dominant heritage passes easement
 

CHAPTER III

 
 

THE INCIDENTS OF EASEMENTS

 
20 Rules controlled by contract or title
21 Bar to use unconnected with enjoyment
22 Exercise of easement, Confinement of exercise of easement
23 Right to alter mode of enjoyment
24 Right to do act to secure enjoyment
25 Liability for expenses necessary for preservation of easement
26 Liability for damage from want of repair
27 Servient owner not bound to do anything
28 Extent of easements Case Law
29 Increase of easement
30 Partition of dominate heritage
31 Obstruction in case of excessive user
 

CHAPTER IV

 
 

THE DISTURBANCE OF EASEMENTS

 
32 Right to enjoyment without disturbance
33 Suit for disturbance of easement
34 When cause of action arises for removal of support
35 Injunction to restrain disturbance
36 Abatement of obstruction of easement
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