Legal Definitions - intermittent easement

An intermittent easement is a type of easement that is usable or used only from time to time, not regularly or continuously. An easement is an interest in land owned by another person, consisting of the right to use or control the land for a specific limited purpose. The land benefiting from an easement is called the dominant estate, and the land burdened by an easement is called the servient estate.

For example, a property owner may have an intermittent easement to cross a neighbor's land to access a nearby lake for fishing. The easement is only used when the property owner wants to go fishing, not on a regular basis.

Another example of an intermittent easement is a right-of-way for a farmer to access a field to harvest crops. The easement is only used during the harvest season, not throughout the year.