dominant estate

An estate that benefits from an easement. — Also termed dominant tenement; dominant property; upper estate. Cf. servient estate. [Cases: Easements 1, 38. C.J.S. Easements §§ 2–8, 13–14, 21–22, 24, 53–55, 57–58, 89, 143–144, 146–147, 165–167.]