Section 7:
Easements restrictive of certain rights.
Easements are restrictions of one or other of the
following rights (namely):--
(a) Exclusive right to enjoy.--The exclusive right of every owner of immovable property (subject
to any law for the time being in force) to enjoy and dispose of the same and all products thereof and
accessions thereto.
(b) Rights to advantages arising from situation.--The right of every owner of immovable
property (subject to any law for the time being in force) to enjoy without disturbance try another the
natural advantages arising from its situation.
Illustrations of the rights above referred to
(a) The exclusive right of every owner of land in a town to build on such land, subject to any municipal law for the
time being in force.
(b) The right of every owner of land that the air passing thereto shall not be unreasonably polluted by other
persons.
(c) The right of every owner of a house that his physical comfort shall not be interfered with materially and
unreasonably by noise or vibration caused by any other person.
(d) The right of every owner of land to so much light and air as pass vertically thereto.
(e) The right of every owner of land that such land, in its natural condition, shall have the support naturally
rendered by the subjacent and adjacent soil of another person.
Explanation.--Land is in its natural condition when it is not excavated and not subjected to artificial pressure; and
the "subjacent and adjacent soil" mentioned in this illustration means such soil only as in its natural condition would
support the dominant heritage in its natural condition.
(f) The right of every owner of land that, within his own limits, the water which naturally passes or percolates by,
over or through his land shall not, before so passing or percolating, be unreasonably polluted by other persons.
(g) The right of every owner of land to collect and dispose within his own limits of all water under the land which
does not pass in a defined channel and all water on its surface which does not pass in a defined channel.
(h) The right of every owner of land that the water of every natural stream which passes by, through or over his
land in a defined natural channel shall be allowed by other persons to flow within such owner's limits without
interruption and without material alteration in quantity, direction, force or temperature; the right of every owner of
land abutting on a natural lake or pond into or out of which a natural stream flows, that the water of such lake or pond
shall be allowed by other persons to remain within such owner's limits without material alteration in quantity or
temperature.
(i) The right of every owner of upper land that water naturally rising in, or falling on, such land, and not passing in
defined channels, shall be allowed by the owner of adjacent lower land to run naturally thereto.
(j) The right of every owner of land abutting on a natural stream, lake or pond to use and consume its water for
drinking, household purposes and watering his cattle and sheep; and the right of every such owner to use and consume
the water for irrigating such land and for the purposes of any manufactory situate thereon, provided that he does not
thereby cause material injury to other like owners.
Explanation.--A natural stream is a stream, whether permanent or intermittent, tidal or tideless, on the surface of
land or underground, which flows by the operation of nature only and in a natural and known course.