dominant tenant
dominant tenant 需役地权利人 与供役地权利人〔servient tenant〕相对。 (→dominant estate)
The person who holds a dominant estate and therefore benefits from an easement. Cf. servient tenant. [Cases: Easements 2. C.J.S. Easements §§ 6, 21, 53–55.]
The person who holds a servient estate and is therefore burdened by an easement. Cf. dominant tenant. [Cases: Easements 2. C.J.S. Easements §§ 6, 21, 53–55.]
Louisiana law. A servitude appurtenant that binds the servient estate’s owner to maintain a roof so that rainwater does not drip or drain onto the dominant estate. La. Civ. Code art. 664. — Also termed servitude of drip and drain.