law: Indian Easements Act, 1882
  4. "Easement" defined
  An easement is a right which the owner or occupier of certain
  
  land possesses, as such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that land, to do and
  
  continue to do something, or to prevent and continue to prevent something being
  
  done, in or upon, or in respect of certain other land not his own.
  Dominant and servant heritages and owners: The land for the
  
  beneficial enjoyment of which the right exists is called the dominant heritage,
  
  and the owner or occupier thereof the dominant owner; and land on which the
  
  liability is imposed is called the servant heritage, and the owner or occupier
  
  thereof the servant owner.
  Explanation : In the first and second clauses of this
  
  section the, expression "land" includes also things permanently
  
  attached to the earth; the expression "beneficial enjoyment" includes
  
  also possible convenience, remote advantage, and even a mere amenity; and the
  
  expression "to do something" includes removal and appropriation by
  
  the dominant owner, for the beneficial enjoyment of the dominant heritage, or
  
  any part of the soil of the servant heritage, or anything growing or subsisting
  
  thereon.
  Illustrations
  (a) A, as the owner of a certain house, has a right of way
  
  thither over his neighbor B’s land for purposes connected with the beneficial
  
  enjoyment of the house. This is an easement.
  (b) A, as the owner of a certain house, has the right to go on
  
  his neighbors B’s land, and to take water for the purposes of his household out
  
  of a spring therein. This is an easement.
  (c) A, as the owner of a certain house, has the right to conduct
  
  water from B’s stream to supply the fountains in the garden attached to the
  
  house. This is an easement.
  (d) A, as the owner of a certain house and farm, has the right
  
  to graze a certain number of his own cattle on B's field, or to take, for the
  
  purpose of being used in the house, by himself, his family, guests, lodgers and
  
  servants, water or fish out of C's tank, or timber out of D's wood, or to use,
  
  for the purpose of manuring his land, the leaves which have fallen from the
  
  trees on E’s land. These are easements.
  (e) A dedicates to the public the right to occupy the surface of
  
  certain land for the purpose of passing and re-passing. This right is not an
  
  easement.
  (f) A is bound to cleanse a watercourse running through his land
  
  and keep it free from obstruction for the benefit of B, a lower riparian owner.
  
  This is not an easement.