right of way

Noun

 * 1)  The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
 * 2)  A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.
 * 3) * 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.
 * 1)   A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation.
 * 2)  Land on which a right of way exists.
 * 3)   The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
 * 4)  The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
 * 5)  The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
 * 1)   The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
 * 2)  The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
 * 3)  The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
 * 1)  The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
 * 2)  The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
 * 1)  The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
 * 2)  The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
 * 1)  The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

Usage notes

 * The plural "rights of way" can be used for all senses. The alternative plural "right of ways" is generally used only when referring to a strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities are located, and may be regarded as an error.
 * In sense 1 the phrase is often used without a preceding article; e.g. to have right of way.

Translations

 * Catalan: prioritat
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 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δικαίωμα πορείας,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: umferðarréttur
 * Irish: ceart bealaigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 우선통행권(優先通行權)
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: forkøyrsrett
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: prednosť v jazde
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ; often mistakenly called förkörsrätt
 * Welsh: blaenoriaeth


 * Finnish: tieoikeus,
 * French: ,
 * German: Wegerecht
 * Hungarian: átjárás joga, átjárási jog,, útszolgalom,
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 통행권
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir-slighe
 * Slovak: právo prechodu
 * Spanish: derecho de paso, derecho de vía
 * Vietnamese: quyền có lối đi


 * Finnish: tieoikeus, rataoikeus
 * French:
 * Spanish: servidumbre de paso
 * Vietnamese:, lộ giới


 * Finnish: tiealue, rautatiealue
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir-slighe
 * Vietnamese: lối ra vào, lối đi ưu tiên


 * Finnish: rautatiealue
 * French: ,
 * Occitan:


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