An easement is type of servitude as is a profit a prendre.
This is one of the infrequent concepts of common law that is equally known to civil law (from where it originated).
Section 1177 of Quebec's Civil Code, circa 2007, and a robust specimen of legalese, is as follows:
"A servitude is a charge imposed on an immovable, the servient land, in favour of another immovable, the dominant land, belonging to a different owner. Under the charge the owner of the servient land is required to tolerate certain acts of use by the owner of the dominant land or himself abstain from exercising certain rights inherent in ownership. A servitude extends to all that is necessary for its exercise."