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- Dictionaryright of way/ˌrʌɪt əv ˈweɪ/
noun
- 1. the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another: "they found their right of way barred by locked gates"
- 2. the legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place: "he waves on other drivers, even when it's not their right of way"
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The meaning of RIGHT-OF-WAY is a legal right of passage over another person's ground. How to use right-of-way in a sentence.
The right-of-way is the right for anyone to pass through a portion of your land that may be considered public. An Easement or Right-of-Way Can Affect Your Property Value. Another reason to be on the lookout for easements or rights-of-ways is their effects on your property values.
RIGHT OF WAY definition: 1. the legal right to go first across a road, before other road users: 2. a path or road over…. Learn more.
RIGHT OF WAY meaning: 1. the legal right to go first across a road, before other road users: 2. a path or road over…. Learn more.
1. countable noun. A right of way is a public path across private land. 2. uncountable noun. When someone who is driving or walking along a road has right of way or the right of way, they have the right to continue along a particular road or path, and other people must stop for them. 3. countable noun.
The right of passage or of way is a servitude imposed by law or by convention, and by virtue of which one has a right to pass on foot, or horseback, or in a vehicle, to drive beasts of burden or carts, through the estate of another.
Right of way definition: a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.. See examples of RIGHT OF WAY used in a sentence.
When you're driving, right of way refers to one driver's right to proceed first, or a pedestrian's right to use a crosswalk, for example. At a four-way stop, the driver who stops first has the right of way, so they also get to drive through the intersection first.
1. a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another. 2. a path or route that may lawfully be used. 3. a right of passage, as over another's land. 4. the strip of land acquired for use by a railroad for tracks. 5. land covered by a public road. 6. land over which a power line passes. [1760–70]
[uncountable] the right to drive across or into a road before another vehicle. I had right of way at the junction. Whose right of way is it? roads where bikes have the right of way; Topics Transport by car or lorry c2; See right of way in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
