Easement Appurtenant benefits the holder in his physical use or enjoyment of another tract of land.

Example of an easement appurtenant: An easement is granted to a shopping mall parcel for access across the neighboring property owner’s private road in order to allow shopping mall customers to get from the shopping mall parking lot to the street. This is an easement appurtenant to the shopping mall parcel, which is the dominant owner. The neighbor who has granted the easement owns the servient tenement.

The person who enjoys the easement over the other person’s property is called the "dominant owner", and that person’s land is called the "dominant tenement". The land subject to the easement is called the "servient tenement", and the owner of that land is referred to as the "servient owner".