EASTER

A feast of the Christian urrection. The Greeks and Latins call it feast our Easter answers. "pascha," (passover,) to which Jewish This feast has been annually celebrated since the time of the apostles, and is one of the most impor- tant festivals in the Christian calendar, be- ing that which regulates and determines the those where the servient estate must permit church held in memory of our Saviour's res- something to be done thereon, (as to pass over it, or to discharge water upon it;) the latter being those where the owner of the servient estate is prohibited from doing something otherwise lawful upon his estate, because it will affect the dominant estate, (as interrupting the light and air from the latter by building on the former.) 2 Washb. Real Prop. 301. They are also either continuous or discon- tinuous; the former depending on some nat- ural conformation of the servient tenement, or artificial structure upon it, which consti- stutes the easement or the means of enjoy- ing it; the latter being such as have no means specially constructed or appropriated for their enjoyment, and are enjoyed at intervals, leav- ing in the mean time no visible signs of their existence. 18 N. J. Eq. 262. Easements are also classified as private or public, according as their enjoyment belongs to an individual or to the community. They may also be either of necessity or of convenience. The former is the case where the easement is indispensable to the enjoy ment of the dominant estate; the latter, where the easement increases the facility, comfort, or convenience of the enjoyment of the dominant estate, or of some right con- nected with it. An appurtenant (or appendant) easement is one which is attached to and passes with the dominant tenement as an appurtenance thereof.

(430) suspended and not extinguished, and revives when the unity of possession ceases. Gale Easm. 581. 12. As to the protection of easements, see DISTURBANCE, § 1. ing water from the water-course on the of possession, as where the owner of the grantor's land. (Watts v. Nelson, L. R. 6 dominant tenement acquires a lease of the Ch. 166, approving Pyer v. Carter, 1 Hurlst. servient tenement, the easement is only & N. 922. See, also, Leech v. Schweder, L. R9 Ch.463.) But there is, in general, no corresponding implication in favor of the grantor, except so far as easements of necessity are concerned. (Wheeldon v. Burrows, 12 Ch. D. 31.) So, if I have a field enclosed by my own land on all sides and I alien this field to another, he shall have a way to it over my land as an easement of necessity, for without it he could not have any benefit of the field. 2 Rol. Abr., Graunt Z. pl. 17, 18, cited Gale Easm. 133. EASEMENT, (defined). 53 Cal. 135; 11 III. 194; 2 Barb. (N. Υ.) 432, 435; 28 Id. 336, 340; 18 N. Y. 109, 111; Ang. Waterc. 245; 3 Kent Com. 419. (what is). 57 N. Η. 504, 514; 24 Wend. (N.Y.) 188; 1 Whart. (Pa.) 124; 5 Barn & C. 221; 9 Id. 95, 114. 240. L. 263. (what is not). 3 Watts (Pa.) 240. (a highway is). 1 Cow. (N. Y.) 238 (acquired by operation of law). (conveyance of). 4 Wheel. Am. C 29. Secondary easements. In some cases an easement is accompanied by cerWheel. Am. Č. L. 485, 486. tain rights which are necessary for its enjoyment, in which case it is called the "principal easement," and the accomWend. panying rights are called "secondary easements." Thus, a right of water-course dre"). includes the secondary easement of going on the servient tenement to clean and repair the channel. Bract. 232a, cited by Gale 549; see Pomfret v. Ricroft, 1 Saund. 321. 10. Creation, and extinguishment of easements.-Easements may be created-(1) by express grant, as where A. grants B. a right of way over A.'s land; (2) by implied grant, either on the principle of the disposition of the owner of two tenements (supra, & 8), or on the principle that a man cannot derogate from his own (distinguished from "license"). 15 (N. Y.) 380, 392; 4 Watts (Pa.) 223. (distinguished from "profit à pren70 N. Y. 419, 421. (is not destroyed by a sale of a part of the estate to which it is appurtenant). 3 Paige (N. Y.) 254. (of turnpike company, on the land over which the road is located). 9 Pick. (Mass.) 109. a grant). (what words appropriate to revive, in 2 Nev. & M. 517. (will pass by a grant of the land). 10 Pick. (Mass.) 138, 141. 164. EASEMENT, PERPETUAL, (what is). 5 Mass. EASEMENTS, (appendant, and in gross). 19 Ill. 564. - A feast of the Christian church held in memory of our Saviour's resurrection. The Greeks and Latins call it pascha [passover], to which Jewish feast our Easter answers. This feast has been annually celebrated since the time of the apostles, and is one of the most important festivals in the Christian calendar, being that which regulates and determines the times of all the other movable feasts.- Encycl. Lond.

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An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, pâque, or pask. The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.

To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. Russell.

To move toward the east.

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8. | Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”). | Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter. | Ellipsis of Easter term. | A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara. | The Jewish Passover.

To celebrate Easter. | To spend the Easter season in some place.