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right of way definition

right of way

noun

  1. 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
  2. right of passage, as over another's property
  3. a route that it is lawful to use
  4. ☆
    1. a strip of land used by a railroad for its tracks
    2. land over which a public road, an electric power line, etc. passes
Also right-of-way right′·-of-way′

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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