Property Ownership
A Virginia property owner who grants an access easement across their property to a neighbor is conveying an easement where their property is the:
ADominant estate
BServient estate✓ Correct
CSubject estate
DRemainder estate
Explanation
The property burdened by an easement is the servient estate. The property that benefits from the easement is the dominant estate. The grantor's property (burdened by the right-of-way) is the servient estate.
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