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Complete the statutory wording of Section 29 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882. The dominant owner…

Section 29 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882 provides that a dominant owner cannot substantially increase an easement merely by altering or adding to the dominant heritage.…

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Complete the statutory wording of Section 29 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882. The dominant owner cannot, by merely altering or adding to the dominant heritage, substantially _____.

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Section 29 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882 provides that a dominant owner cannot substantially increase an easement merely by altering or adding to the dominant heritage. The provision concerns increasing the burden on the servient heritage. “Reduce an easement,” “affect an easement” and “change an easement” do not match its wording.

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Option A

Section 29 prohibits a substantial increase of the easement merely by altering or adding to the dominant heritage.

Option B

Section 29 prohibits substantially increasing the burden on the servient heritage by altering or adding to the dominant heritage.

Option C

Section 29 prohibits substantially increasing the burden on the servient heritage by altering or adding to the dominant heritage.

Option D

Section 29 prohibits substantially increasing the burden on the servient heritage by altering or adding to the dominant heritage.

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