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A right annexed to B's house to receive light by the windows of the house without obstruction by his…

Illustration (a) to section 5 calls the right to receive light through windows "a continuous easement". Under section 5 a continuous easement is one whose enjoyment is, or…

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A right annexed to B's house to receive light by the windows of the house without obstruction by his neighbour A is, under section 5 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882:

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Illustration (a) to section 5 calls the right to receive light through windows "a continuous easement". Under section 5 a continuous easement is one whose enjoyment is, or may be, continual "without the act of man"; light comes in through the windows without anyone doing anything. A right of way, by contrast, needs a person to walk over the land and is discontinuous.

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