Defn: A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn. Penal servitude. See under Penal. — Personal servitude (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. — Predial servitude (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban.
SERVITURE
Serv"i*ture, n.
Defn: Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
SERVITUTE
Serv"i*tute, n. Etym: [L. servitus.]
Defn: Servitude. [Obs.]
SERVO-MOTOR Ser`vo-mo"tor, n. [Sometimes erroneously spelt serro-motor.] [F. servo-moteur. See Serf; Motor.] (Mach.)
Defn: A relay apparatus; specif.: (a) An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve of the motor. (b) In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-air motor, for moving the rudders so as to correct deviations from the course.
SERYE
Se"rye, n.
Defn: A series. [Obs.] Chaucer.