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Easement

The feeling you get from easy living, as in "this second daiquiri is giving me a lot of easement." Also, in the world of real estate, it represents a kind of free pass to move across someone else's property.

You own a kangaroo ranch. All the property around you is owned by other farmers. Somehow, you have to get your kangaroos to market, but the highway is on the other side of someone else's land. So you negotiate an easement with your neighbor that allows you to drive your kangaroo truck across his land whenever you need to, so that you can reach the highway.

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