Right of way Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
  2. noun the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
  3. noun the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass

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Definitions
  1. (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. Kent.

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