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Section 22: Exercise of ease dent. Confinement of exercise of easement.

The Indian Easements Act, 1882Central Act · Act 5 of 1882

The dominant owner must exercise his right in the mode which is least onerous to the servient owner; and, when the exercise of an easement can without detriment to the dominant owner be confined to a determinate part of the servient heritage, such exercise shall, at the request of the servient owner, be so confined.

Illustrations

(a) A has a right of way over B's field. A must enter the way at either end and not at any intermediate point.

(b) A has a right annexed to his house to cut thatching-grass in B's swamp. A, when exercising his easement, must cut the grass so that the plants may not be destroyed.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Easements Act, 1882
Section22
Marginal noteExercise of ease dent. Confinement of exercise of easement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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