Legal Definitions - dominant tenant

A dominant tenant is a person who holds a dominant estate and benefits from an easement. This means that they have the right to use someone else's property for a specific purpose, such as accessing their own property. The opposite of a dominant tenant is a servient tenant, who holds a servient estate and is burdened by the easement.

For example, if a person owns a piece of land that is only accessible through their neighbor's driveway, they may have an easement that allows them to use the driveway to access their property. In this case, the person with the easement is the dominant tenant, and the neighbor who owns the driveway is the servient tenant.