Express Grant - an easement or profit may arise from an express grant of Interest. The grant must meet the formal requirements of a deed. An easement is presumed to be of infinite duration, unless stated. Implication - easements may be implied by law, without regard to the statute of frauds. Easement Appurtenant benefits the owner of one tract of land with the physical use or enjoyment of another tract of land.
Dominant tenement has the benefit of the easement.
Servient tenement is burdened by or subject to the easement. Subsequent titleholders of the dominant tenement are entitled to the benefit of the easement. Easement in Gross benefits its owner personally, as distinguished from the easement appurtenant, which benefits the dominant tenement. Relates to only one tract of land. Affirmative easement permits the dominant tenement owner to make affirmative use of the servient tenement, e.g., to physically enter.