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ˈway-leave, ˈwayleave
In 5 waylefe, -leve.
[f. way n.1 + leave n.1]
Permission to make and use a way for conveying coal from the pit-head across a person's land; the rent or royalty paid for such permission; the way or road constructed for the purpose. Also, permission to carry telephone wires over or along buildings, or to lay water-pipes or drains across private land, and the charge or rent payable therefor. More widely, a right of way granted by the owner of land to a particular body and for a particular purpose, often in return for payment; also, a document conferring the right.
1427–8Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 709 Elemosinario pro waylefe, 6s. 8d. 1431–2Ibid. 711 Wayleve. 1661in N. & Q. Ser. xii. XI. 391/2 (Lease of a coalmine) Vna cum bona et sufficienti wayleave et stayleave in per et trans territorium de Casterton Fell..pro omnibus..carriagiis. 1725Portland Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 104 These way leaves are an artificial road made for the conveyance of coal from the Pit to the Steaths on the riverside. a1734North Life Ld. Keeper Guilford (1742) 136 Another thing, that is remarkable, is their Wayleaves; for, when Men have Pieces of Ground between the Colliery and the River, they sell Leave to lead Coals over their Ground. 1739Enq. Price Coals 14 For leave of way he must pay a consideration, called a way-leave. 1879Cases Crt. Session Ser. iv. VI. 929 His property is advantageously situated for enabling him to demand wayleave. 1884Standard 26 Sept. 4/2 The Telephone Companies are now permitted..to make their own arrangement for way-leaves. 1892Times 23 Mar. 8/3 The Royal Commission on Mining Royalties and Way⁓leaves. Ibid. 9/4 As between towns the Post Office usually has way-leaves enough to accommodate trunk telephones. 1893Neasham North-country Sk. 28 By agreement with Mr. Tempest who let them both wayleave and staithroom they were limited to an annual vend of 12000 chaldrons. 1928H. G. Wells Way World is Going xi. 127 The exploitation of the air, as a means of..available travel, is hopeless without..secure wayleaves over Europe. 1930Times 22 Mar. 19/2 We have also practically completed the Scottish overhead ‘Grid’ system for the Central Electricity Board... Owing to the difficulty of securing permission for wayleaves our work was necessarily interfered with. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 91/1 The Central Electricity Generating Board has no legal right of entry on your land without your permission or until such time as you have signed a wayleave. 1963Times 24 May 16/6 A wayleave for a future subway linking the triangle with the Radcliffe Infirmary and passing under the Banbury and the Woodstock roads.
attrib.1830Edin. Rev. LI. 179 Those whose collieries are in that situation, have to pay way-leave rents. 1960Times Rev. Industry Feb. 75/1 There is no way⁓leave payment. 1971P. Gresswell Environment 215 Landowners are in a strong position to influence power line proposals through granting or refusing wayleave consent. |