What is the meaning of servient tenement?

Land on which an easement exists in favor of an adjacent property (called a dominant tenement or estate); also called a servient estate. If property A has a right-of-way across property B, property B is the' servient tenement'. The servient owner may not use the property in such a way as to interfere with the reasonable use of the dominant owner. (See dominant tenement, easement).