What term describes the land that benefits from an easement?

The dominant tenement refers to the land that benefits from an easement. In real estate terms, when an easement is granted, it allows the owner of the dominant tenement to use the property of another (the servient tenement) for a specific purpose, such as access or utility lines. This relationship is crucial in understanding how easements operate, as the dominant tenement enjoys certain rights over the servient tenement’s land.

For example, if a property owner has an easement that allows them to access a road crossing a neighbor's property, the property benefitting from this right of access is the dominant tenement.

In contrast, the servient tenement is the property that is subject to the easement, meaning it bears the burden of granting the rights to the dominant tenement. Other choices, such as easement estate and encumbered land, do not accurately capture the specific benefit of land in the context of easements as defined by the dominant and servient tenement relationship.