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  2. Easement - Wikipedia

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    In general, a wayleave is a right to access or cross the land of another for some purpose. Frequently nowadays in British energy law and real property law , a wayleave is a type of easement, appurtenant to land or in gross , used by a utility that allows a linesman to enter the premises , "to install and retain their cabling or piping across ...

  3. Servitude in civil law - Wikipedia

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    At civil law, ownership (dominium) (e.g. of land) is the only full real right whereas a servitude is a subordinate real right on par with wayleaves, real burdens (i.e. real covenants), security interests, and reservations. There are two types: [2] predial, attaching to property, and personal, attaching to a person.

  4. Easements in English law - Wikipedia

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    Easements in English law are certain rights in English land law that a person has over another's land. Rights recognised as easements range from very widespread forms of rights of way, most rights to use service conduits such as telecommunications cables, power supply lines, supply pipes and drains, rights to use communal gardens and rights of light to more strained and novel forms.

  5. Penal labour in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Every enactment which operated to empower a court to pass a sentence of penal servitude in any case now operates so as to empower that court to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term of penal servitude for which a sentence could have been passed in that case immediately before the commencement of that Act.

  6. Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Wikipedia

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    An Act to make provision about slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and about human trafficking, including provision for the protection of victims; to make provision for an Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner; and for connected purposes. Citation: 2015 c. 30: Introduced by: Theresa May: Dates; Royal assent: 26 March 2015

  7. Penal Servitude Act 1864 - Wikipedia

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    The Penal Servitude Act 1864 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act amended the Penal Servitude Act 1853 and the Penal Servitude Act 1857 . The act received royal assent on 25 July 1864.

  8. Penal Servitude Act - Wikipedia

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    Penal Servitude Act is a stock short title which was used in the United Kingdom ... (short title: 1896) Legislation.gov.uk The Penal Servitude Act 1926 (16 & 17 ...

  9. Right of way - Wikipedia

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    Right of way drawing of U.S. Route 25E for widening project, 1981 Right of way highway marker in Athens, Georgia Julington-Durbin Peninsula power line right of way. A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.