1. Civil law. The legal standing of the owner of two estates that would be subject to a servitude if they were not owned by the same person. • When the two estates cease to be owned by the same owner, a servitude comes into existence if (1) the servitude is apparent from external signs, such as a roadway or a pipeline, or (2) the common owner recorded a declaration establishing the destination. La. Civ. Code art. 741.
2. Hist. A property use that the owner has intentionally established on one part of the property in favor of another part.
