Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
Many years, high technical quality
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French
aisances
| 5 +5 | easements |
wfarkas (X)
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| 4 +2 | facilities |
swanda
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| 4 +2 | simply "appurtenances" |
MatthewLaSon
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| 4 +1 | with all amenities |
Ellen Kraus
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| 4 +1 | Leave out |
Jack Dunwell
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| 3 | private facilities |
Anne Farina
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| 4 -1 | adjacent areas |
Jean-Louis S.
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| 4 -2 | richness/ affluence |
Tarik Boussetta
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| 4 -2 | bathroom facilities, appurtenances and buildings |
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Feb 2, 2009 14:17: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "Real Estate"
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Proposed translations
easements
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http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/maineasements.htm
An easement is a right benefiting one piece of land (known as the dominant tenement) that permits the rightful users of that land to perform specified actions over an adjacent piece of land (known as the servient tenement). Probably the most commonly used easement is one that allows the underground services (water, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone and TV cables, etc) of one property to pass beneath the land of one or more neighbouring properties. Perhaps the most widely known easement is the private right of way. There are others, such as the right to light, right of support.
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Tony M
: I feel sure this is the meaning required here. As specifically explained to me by a French notaire.
2 hrs
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dholmes (X)
: definitely the right term for the context
3 hrs
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Vicky James
: Definitely here.
4 hrs
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MatthewLaSon
: Seems to be more than just that. "Appurtenances" seems to cover it all, non?
13 hrs
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Clayton Causey
: This is appropriate US real estate speak for the concept in question.
15 hrs
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frenchloki (X)
: Also checked with a notaire and a builder.....
1 day 13 hrs
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You come, You see, and YOU CONQUER!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 2 more.
richness/ affluence
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wealth
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-02-01 22:11:16 GMT)
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profuseness
Israel
Quality, Reliability, Experience.
Native in: English 
, Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
bathroom facilities, appurtenances and buildings
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-02-01 22:21:51 GMT)
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immeubles here are probably "fixed assets" rather than buildings
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
with all amenities
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besides:
AISANCES, au pluriel, se dit d'un Lieu pratiqué dans une maison pour y satisfaire les besoins naturels. Cabinet d'aisances. Fosse d'aisances.
since this does not seem to make sense in this context, I suggested the above alternative
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instead of amenities - on second thought - I would suggest facilities,
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Jenn Mercer
: I agree with "amenities"
2 hrs
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Tony M
: Nothing to do with the 'toilet' meaning here
7 hrs
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France
With passion and complicity...
Native in: French , English
Works in: English to French, French to English
private facilities
facilities
United States
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Native in: French (Variants: African, Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
adjacent areas
"Notarial" and Legal (therefore old) French.
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/aisance
2. Au plur.
a) Vx. Dépendances d'une maison; ,,dégagements, escaliers dérobés.`` (Lar. 19e-Lar. 20e).
Résultats de "aisance" dans le Dictionnaire du Moyen Français
1 article dans le DMF (1330-1500)
AISANCE, subst. fém. FEW XXIV adjacentia Article complet
[T-L, GD, GDC : aisance ; FEW XXIV, 156b : adjacentia ; TLF II, 391b : aisance]
A. - Au plur. "Abords d'une maison, dépendances"
http://www.bdlp.org/resultats.asp?base=bdlp_suisse&no=15081
Région. Terrain qui se trouve autour d'un bâtiment comprenant souvent verger, jardin, etc. et s'oppose souvent à assise [=surface utilisée par le bâtiment ].
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/academie9/aisance
XIIIe siècle, au sens de « dépendance d'une maison ». Du latin adjacentia, « environs », participe présent neutre pluriel substantivé de adjacere, « être situé auprès de, être voisin ».
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Yolanda Broad
: The Petit Robert points out this comes from the Latin, adjacentia. It can mean dépendances *or* easements. In this case, it would be dépendances. Adjacent areas works.
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Thank you, Yolanda!
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Tony M
: This is too broad, and sits uneasily in the precise context of a legal document; this might seem to imply 'the neighbour's backyard'! It is not so much about physical 'areas', but about facilities etc.
6 hrs
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Merci, Tony!
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B D Finch
: I agree with Tony. Too vague - the neighbour's property is adjacent!
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Thank you, BD!
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simply "appurtenances"
I always thought this is what "aisances" were in this context.
"Anything attached to a piece of land or building such that it becomes a part of that property, and is passed on to a new owner when the property is sold. It may be something tangible like a garage, septic system, water tank, or something abstract such as an easement or right of way."
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Jack Dunwell
: Yes, M, it is covered, I believe by "dépendences"
1 hr
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Thanks, fourth!
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Adam Warren
: I think this is where the term is pointing, although "easements" comes into it somewhere
11 hrs
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Thanks. "Easements" are included in "appurtenances."
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Tony M
: The trouble is, 'appurtenances' is really needed to translate 'dépendances' (unless you seek to lump the 2 together into one term in EN).
4 days
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"Appurtenances" covers "easements". So, yes, lump them together.
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Leave out
"Aisances et dépendences"
Locution de style notarial désignant , par redondance les dépendances.
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