is the right attached to one parcel of real estate to use a portion of another parcel of real estate.

Example: the owner of Lot A has the right to use a 50’ strip across the rear of Lot B, in other words, Lot A owns an easement across Lot B. The right attached to the property and not the owner of the property. Whoever owns Lot A will have the right to cross Lot B. Also, whoever owns Lot B will have to tolerate the use of the easement by the owner of Lot A. Lot A is referred to as the “benefitted” property or dominant estate (or tenement) and Lot B is referred to as the “burdened” property or servient estate.