haustus (haws-t[schwa]s), n. [Latin “a drawing”] Roman law. A species of rustic praedial servitude consisting in the right to draw water from a well or spring on another’s property — the term being common esp. in the form aquaehaustus. • A right-of-way (iter) to the well was implied in the easement.
aquaehaustus (ak-wee-haws-t[schwa]s), n. [Latin “drawing of water”] A servitude granting the right to draw water from a well, pool, spring, or stream on another’s land. — Also termed jus aquaehaustus; servitus aquae-haustus; servitus aquae hauriendae.
jus aquaehaustus (j[schwa]s ak-wee-haws-t[schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. See AQUAEHAUSTUS.