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civil law. A term which indicates the subjection of one person to another person, or of a person to a thing, or of a thing to a person, or of a thing to a thing. 2. Hence servitudes are divided into real, personal, and mixed. Lois des Bat. P. 1, c. 1. 3. A real or predial servitude is a charge laid on an estate for the use and utility of another estate belonging to another … [Read more...] about SERVITUDE

To bring forward or allege, as something relied upon or deemed sufficient; to propose or interpose, by way of defense, explanation, or justification; as, to set up the statute of limitations, i.e., offer and rely upon it as a defense to a claim. … [Read more...] about SET UP

personal. Those by which the property of a subject, in Scotland, is burdened in favor, not of a tenement, but of a person. Life rent is the only personal servitude there. … [Read more...] about SERVITUDES

The distance between a property boundary and a building, a minimum distance which is usually required by law. … [Read more...] about SETBACK

(A) civil law. A service or servitude; a burden imposed by law, or the agreement of parties upon certain persons, for the benefit of others; or upon one estate for the advantage of another, or for the benefit of another person than the owner. (B) Servitude; slavery; a state of bondage. Servitus autem, est constitutio, say the Institutes of Justinian, 1, 3, 2, qua quis dominio … [Read more...] about SERVITUS