3. A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.

The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the englishcorrespond in some respects with the servitudes of the romanlaw. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. Penal servitude. See Penal. Personal servitude, that which one estateowes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban.