Easements Act · 4
Easement defined
A right which the owner or occupier of certain land possesses, as such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that land, to do or prevent something on other land not his own.
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Indian Easements Act, 1882
1882 · Parliament of India · 64 sections
Defines easements — rights of way, light, air, water, support — their acquisition by grant or prescription, extinction, and the law of licences.
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Easements Act · 15
Acquisition by prescription
Rights to light, air, support, way or watercourse peaceably and openly enjoyed as of right without interruption for twenty years (thirty against Government) become absolute.
Easements Act · 52
Licence defined
A right to do something on the grantor's immovable property which would otherwise be unlawful, not amounting to an easement or an interest in the property.
Easements Act · 60
Licence when revocable
A licence may be revoked unless it is coupled with a transfer of property and such transfer is in force, or the licensee has executed a work of a permanent character and incurred expenses acting on the licence.
Easements Act · 64
Licensee's rights on eviction
Where a licence has been granted for consideration and is revoked without the licensee's fault, the licensee is entitled to compensation.
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