Merging the dominant and servient parcels terminates the easement and does not automatically revive on partition.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only terminates if both parcels are rejoined
• D. It can never revive

Answer: (A)

A merger of the dominant and servient parcels ends the easement because once one person owns both parcels, there’s no longer a separate burdened land for the benefit of a different parcel; the cross-parcel motive for the easement disappears, so it terminates by operation of law.

That termination is not automatically reversed by later partition. If the land is later partitioned into separate owners again, the prior easement does not pop back into existence on its own. A new legal basis would be needed—such as a new express grant or a revival by a new necessity or other appropriate basis—to create an easement again. So the statement is correct.