SERVITUS

(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 alieno contra naturam subjicitur. Servitude is a disposition of the law of nations, by which, against common right, one man has been subjected to the dominion of another. (C) Also a service or servitude; an easement. Servitus ne luminibus offi ciatur. Servitus luminum. The servitude of lights; the right of making or having windows or other openings in a wall belonging to another, or in a common wall, in order to obtain light for one’s building. A servitude not to hinder lights; the right of having one’s lights or windows unobstructed or darkened by a neighbor’s building, etc.