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right of way
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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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As part of a pounds 16m programme of cutbacks, the authority is to give low priority to the maintenance of more than half of its 3,800km-long rights of way network.
Half of all footpaths could be neglected by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Clr Bolt said: "One of the housing areas which was built many years ago has rights of way all across the land as it was never diverted by the developer.
Right of stray; Legal surprise for Huddersfield householders by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
A well attended Endurance GB Northumberland and Tyneside Group bridleways and rights of way training day was held by Sue Rogers, British Horse Society bridleways officer for Northumberland and EGB.
Way to go from Rogers by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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