RIGHT OF WAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does right of way mean?
• RIGHT OF WAY (noun)
The noun RIGHT OF WAY has 3 senses:
1. the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
2. the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
3. the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
Familiarity information: RIGHT OF WAY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RIGHT OF WAY (noun)
Meaning:
The privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("right of way" is a kind of...):
easement ((law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land))
Meaning:
The right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("right of way" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Meaning:
The passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("right of way" is a kind of...):
passage (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)
