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Webster 1913 Edition

Servient

Serv′i-ent

,
Adj.
[L.
serviens
,
-entis
, p. pr. See
Serve
.]
Subordinate.
[Obs. except in law.]
Dyer.
Servient tenement
or
Servient estate
(Law)
,
that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under
Dominant
.
Gale & Whately.

Webster 1828 Edition

Servient

SERV'IENT

,
Adj.
[L. serviens.] Subordinate. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

servient

servient

English

Adjective

servient ‎(comparative more servient, superlative most servient)

  1. (obsolete, law) subordinate
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dyer to this entry?)

Derived terms

  • servient tenement

Latin

Verb

servient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of serviō

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin serviēns, servientis.

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