Dominant Tenement Definition: Used when referring to easements to specify that property (i.e. tenement) or piece of land that benefits from, or has the advantage of, an easement. Related Terms: Easement, Servient Tenement, Tenement Adjacent or nearby property to which an easement is due. The property recipient of the benefit of an easement. Distinguished from the servient tenement; that property from which the benefit of an easement is due. The phrase has perpetuated a term which is no longer in use elsewhere in land law: tenement. Categories & Topics: Real Estate and Tenancy Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!