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right of way, in land and air traffic and in sea navigation, rules that determine precedence in the use of traffic lanes. The rules are framed in the simplest possible terms and with nearly absolute uniformity in order to minimize the possibility of collisions. In land traffic, railroad trains, military vehicles in convoy, government vehicles (e.g., mail trucks), and emergency vehicles have the right of way over ordinary private vehicles. Rules of sea and air navigation are largely governed by international conventions and law. The term "right of way" is also applied to an easement easement, in law, the right to use the land of another for a specified purpose, as distinguished from the right to possess that land. If the easement benefits the holder personally and is not associated with any land he owns, it is an easement in gross (e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. in gross (e.g., that of a railroad). See air, law of the air, law of the, in the broadest sense, all law connected with the use of the air, including radio and satellite transmissions; more commonly, it refers to laws concerning civil aviation.
..... Click the link for more information. ; maritime law maritime law, system of law concerning navigation and overseas commerce. Because ships sail from nation to nation over seas no nation owns, nations need to seek agreement over customs related to shipping.
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right of way

a. the legal right of someone to pass over another's land, acquired by grant or by long usage

b. the path or road used by this right

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No references found	Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter DOZENS of people in part of Huddersfield have been surprised to find they have a public right of way straight through their living rooms. Right of stray; Legal surprise for Huddersfield householders by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) It is the structural and civil engineer on Newcastle's Cobalt Business Park, which involved advising on issues as cycle ways and the diversion of bridle paths and public right of ways. Olympic consultant forecasts 5% increase in pounds 31m turnover by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Adel Al Marzouqi, Director of Right of Ways Services Department at the RTA Traffic and Roads Agency, reassured motorists that the Traffic and Roads Agency will divert traffic to the other stream of the road such that it will be a two-way road. Temporary closure of lanes on Shaikh Zayed Road by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)	Riggs, Elias Righi experiment Righi-Leduc Effect right right angle right ascension Right Ascension of the Ascending Node right astern right bank right brace right bracket Right Center right circular cone right circular cylinder right click right coset right helicoid right identity right inverse right join right justify right lang lay right line right module Right of Operational Management right of way right outer join right parallelepiped right parenthesis right prism Right Reverend right rudder right section right side up right sphere right spherical triangle right strophoid Right Thing right triangle right truncated prism right value right way up Right Whale Right Whales Right, Petition of right-and-left-hand chart right-angle prism right-angled triangle Right-Bank Ukraine right-click right-cut tool	right of retention Right of return Right of Return Congress Right of Review Right of Review Right of Review Right of Review right of search right of search Right of self-determination Right of self-determination Right of self-determination Right of self-determination Right of Set Off Right of Set-Off Right of Setoff right of succession Right of support right of survivorship right of survivorship right of survivorship Right of the tabouret Right of the territory Right of Use Right of Use Right of Use and Easement Right of visit Right of Voluntary Association Right of Voluntary Association Right of vote for women right of way Right of Way Engineering right of ways right of ways right of ways right of ways right off right off right off right off right off right off Right Off the Bat Right Off the Bat Right Offensive Tackle Right olive Right olive right on right on right on right on right on right on right on Right on Brother right on someone's heels Right on Test Right On The Money Right on the Walls Right on Time Right on Time

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Byline: By JOANNE DOUGLAS News Reporter DOZENS of people in part of Huddersfield have been surprised to find they have a public right of way straight through their living rooms.

Right of stray; Legal surprise for Huddersfield householders by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

It is the structural and civil engineer on Newcastle's Cobalt Business Park, which involved advising on issues as cycle ways and the diversion of bridle paths and public right of ways.

Olympic consultant forecasts 5% increase in pounds 31m turnover by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Adel Al Marzouqi, Director of Right of Ways Services Department at the RTA Traffic and Roads Agency, reassured motorists that the Traffic and Roads Agency will divert traffic to the other stream of the road such that it will be a two-way road.

Temporary closure of lanes on Shaikh Zayed Road by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

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