What type of charge exists on one estate for the benefit of another?

The correct choice, which is an easement appurtenant, represents a legal right that allows one property owner to use a portion of another owner's property for a specific purpose, benefiting a dominant estate. This type of easement is permanently linked to the land and remains with it even if the property is sold.

Easements appurtenant involve two parcels of land: the dominant estate, which benefits from the easement, and the servient estate, which is burdened by the easement. For example, if a homeowner requires a path through a neighbor's yard to access a public road, the homeowner's property enjoys the benefit of the easement while the neighbor's property is subject to that benefit.

Understanding this concept is crucial in real estate and title insurance as it affects property rights and the use of land. The other options do not provide this fundamental and legal relationship between two estates for their respective uses. An easement in gross pertains to benefits that are not tied to a specific property and licenses are generally revocable permissions to use someone else's land, lacking permanence. A right-of-way is often a specific type of easement, but it does not inherently involve the concept of one estate benefiting another in the same detailed way that an