How to Use easement in a Sentence

easement

noun
  • The land is now owned by the partnership, subject to the easement.
    Guinevere Moore, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • As part of the grant, the property is subject to a 10-year easement.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Semitropic would pay the water mogul $40 million for the easement on the land.
    Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
  • About a third of the 3.5-acre lot would be off-limits because of easements and the wetland, said Welch.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • The rules of the easement continue to govern the property.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
  • That's all thanks to a new conservation easement on the Orme Ranch.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Howard Wharf LP will provide the five-foot easement on the southerly side of the right-of-way to make up for the fact that the pump station won’t be moved.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Carter said Cooper spoke to him, demanding to see the easement.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 26 June 2023
  • The state would also grant Kohler an easement over an additional 1.8 acres of the park.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022
  • The piece includes a 2-acre pond that would have a conservation easement placed on it.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The court ruled that the Water Works could not be both the owner and enforcer of a conservation easement.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Scores of them have already signed easements, and some are actively cheering on the projects.
    Mitch Smith Alyssa Schukar, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of farmers up here are providing easements for the water.
    Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps slowly picking up chunks of land and signing easement deals isn’t just a dream.
    Christine Peterson, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
  • And most likely, the decision will come down to how the court decides to interpret, once again, the 140-year-old fishing easement.
    New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • In an arms-length negotiation, the tribe and BNSF reached an easement agreement in 1991.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The developers wanted the city to give up its easement right in order to allow their project to proceed.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • The city abandoned its right to the easement because the property is now being used for a park instead of a street, according to the lawsuit.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps the landowner will place the land in a conservation easement and reap the tax benefits.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The couple began to think about a conservation easement a few years ago.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
  • For example, there might be an easement on the edge of your property that allows the public to access the water.
    Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
  • To be called Quarter Row, the street will be publicly accessible via an easement.
    Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • As a result of a deal signed in 1959, the city is obligated to grant a clearance easement for tree and maintenance work to make take-offs and landings safer.
    Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The easements allow for nonwinter public access, which extends from May 1 to Sept. 30 but can be delayed by the presence of snow or mud on the trails.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Talks about these issues are taking place with the city of Cleveland for the water easement, and Cuyahoga County about the sewer issues.
    cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The only outstanding approval required a stream easement and Cordish had agreed to provide one, emails show.
    Alison Knezevich, baltimoresun.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The tribe sued in 2015, alleging BNSF was running trains with four times the number of cars permitted under an easement agreement with the tribe.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • If everything goes according to plan, the easement is expected to open by next year.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 June 2023
  • The city initially owned the building and later sold it, but maintained an easement to continue owning the rooftop sign.
    Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The easement gives the Bureau of Land Management limited use of the land and prohibits the agency from making any changes that would impair the use or safety of the highway, the judges said.
    oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2021

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