After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous
servitude.
Milton.
3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or
person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by
another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The
easements of the English correspond in some respects with the
servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers,
and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the
right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. Ayliffe. Erskine. E.
Washburn.
Penal servitude. See under Penal. -- Personal servitude (Law), that
which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a
particular individual other than the proprietor. -- Predial servitude
(Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to
lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it
related to houses and buildings, it is called urban.