right of way
Noun
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Noun
right of way
- (uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
- (countable) A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.
- 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4),
- “restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way.
- 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4),
- (countable) A legal easement granted for the construction of a roadway or railway.
- (countable) Land on which a right of way exists.
- (countable) The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
- (fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
- French: priorité
- German: Vorfahrt
- Portuguese: preferência, prioridade
- Russian: приоритет
- Spanish: preferencia, prioridad
- French: droit de passage, servitude
- German: Wegerecht
- Portuguese: serventia
- Spanish: derecho de paso, derecho de vía
- French: droit de passage
- Spanish: servidumbre de paso
- French: voie, voie ferrée
- French: priorité
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