Which statement describes the servient tenement?

The servient tenement refers to the property that grants another party the right to use a portion of its land, typically in the context of an easement. In essence, the servient tenement is the property that is burdened by the easement, meaning that it allows a dominant tenement (the property benefiting from the easement) some level of access or use that would not exist without the easement agreement.

For example, if a property owner wants to install a road that crosses a neighbor's land to access their own property, the neighbor's land is the servient tenement because it is allowing the use of its land for that purpose.

The other options describe different concepts. The first option incorrectly categorizes the servient tenement as the property that benefits from the easement; this role belongs to the dominant tenement. The choice suggesting that the servient tenement is always exempt from easements fails to recognize that it is, in fact, defined by its burden in granting easement rights. Lastly, a property being exclusively for residential concerns does not define the servient tenement in the context of easements, as easements can apply to various types of properties, not limited to residential ones.