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ALL meanings of right of way

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  • noun plural right of way the strip of land acquired for use by a railroad for tracks. 1
  • noun plural right of way land covered by a public road. 1
  • noun plural right of way land over which a power line passes. 1
  • noun plural right of way Fencing. the right to attack or continue an attack, and thus to be credited with a hit, by virtue of having first extended the sword arm or having parried the opponent's attack. 1
  • noun right of way priority over other traffic 1
  • noun right of way law: freedom to use road or path 1
  • noun plural right of way a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another. 1
  • noun plural right of way a path or route that may lawfully be used. 1
  • noun plural right of way a right of passage, as over another's land. 1
  • countable noun right of way A right of way is a public path across private land. 0
  • uncountable noun right of way 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. 0
  • countable noun right of way A right of way is a strip of land that is used for a road, railway line, or power line. 0
  • noun right of way the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another, as laid down by law or custom 0
  • noun right of way the legal right of someone to pass over another's land, acquired by grant or by long usage 0
  • noun right of way the path or road used by this right 0
  • noun right of way the strip of land over which a power line, railway line, road, etc, extends 0
  • noun right of way the right, established by common or statutory law, of one ship, automobile, etc. to cross in front of another; precedence in moving, as at intersections 0
  • noun right of way right of passage, as over another's property 0
  • noun right of way a route that it is lawful to use 0
  • noun right of way a strip of land used by a railroad for its tracks 0
  • noun right of way land over which a public road, an electric power line, etc. passes 0
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