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Article 285Servitude for Water Use

第二百八十五条(用水地役権)

If water on servient land (meaning a land of a person other than the servitude holder, made available for the benefit of the dominant land; the same applies below) subject to a servitude for water use is insufficient for the demand of the dominant land and the servient land, the water is to be used in proportion to the demand on each parcel of land, firstly for household purposes with the remaining portion used for other purposes; provided, however, that this does not apply if the act establishing the servitude provides otherwise.

用水地役権の承役地(地役権者以外の者の土地であって、要役地の便益に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。)において、水が要役地及び承役地の需要に比して不足するときは、その各土地の需要に応じて、まずこれを生活用に供し、その残余を他の用途に供するものとする。ただし、設定行為に別段の定めがあるときは、この限りでない。

If more than one servitude for water use is created with respect to the same servient land, the subsequent servitude holders may not prevent the use of water by the previous servitude holders.

同一の承役地について数個の用水地役権を設定したときは、後の地役権者は、前の地役権者の水の使用を妨げてはならない。

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