DESTINATION DU PÈRE DE FAMILLE
destination du père de famille (des-tee-nah-syawn doo pair d<<schwa>> fa-mee). [French
“destination of the father of the family”] 1.Civil law. The legal standing of the owner of two
estates that would be subject to a servitude if they were not owned by the same person. • When the
two estates cease to be owned by the same owner, a servitude comes into existence if (1) the
servitude is apparent from external signs, such as a roadway or a pipeline, or (2) the common
owner recorded a declaration establishing the destination. La. Civ. Code art. 741. 2.Hist. A
property use that the owner has intentionally established on one part of the property in favor of
another part. [Blacks Law 8th]