Servitude
Gridlync land and infrastructure glossary.
A servitude is the civil-law equivalent of an easement, granting a right to use another’s land for a specific purpose. The term is used in Louisiana and other civil-law jurisdictions, where pipeline and utility rights are often called servitudes or rights of passage. A servitude may be predial, benefiting a parcel, or personal, benefiting a holder, and it sets the permitted use, location, and compensation much like an easement does elsewhere.
Operators working in Louisiana and similar jurisdictions hold servitudes alongside easements elsewhere. Gridlync manages both in one consistent land record.
Example
To run a gas line through Acadia Parish, Bayou Midstream acquires a predial servitude across the Boudreaux family’s land, the Louisiana equivalent of the easements it holds in neighboring Texas, paying $20 per linear foot for the right of passage.