Definition of right of way in English:

right of way

noun

mass noun

1The legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another.
they found their right of way barred by locked gates
Example sentencesExamples
- Eventually the inspector concluded that there was no right of way of any description along bridleway 8 save for a short stretch along a highway called Sawley Lodge Drive.
- We feel these roads through usage over more than 100 years have been established as having public right of way and should remain open.
- Is the vendor aware of any right of way or other easement affecting the property not discoverable on search?
- In the meantime they urge all walkers to please show respect to their hosts who allow right of way on walking routes crossing their lands
- It is accepted that there is a right of way by prescription, but the nature of the permissible usage of that right of way is disputed.
- This land evidently belonged to Mr Bourne's predecessor, Mr Fowles, as the right of way which he granted in the 1945 Conveyance passes over this land.
- Even if the area is mapped as access land, you will not be able to walk within 20m of a dwelling, or in gardens or courtyards within the curtilage of a property, unless a right of way already exists.
- Moreover, it is said that the vagueness in the description prevents the creation of a right of way at common law.
- Thus, the grant of a right of way in law in respect of every part of a defined area does not involve the proposition that the grantee can in fact object to anything done on any part of the area which would obstruct passage over that part.
- When solicitor David Pedley sought to confirm a public right of way on a footpath near his home in Cowling, he didn't expect immediate action.
- The Council agreed informally to grant him a right of way along the further stretch of road and to permit him to gain access to his property by a new gate.
- At some unspecified point in time the public had acquired a right of way over the path, but it had not been adopted by the highway authority.
- In particular there was evidence from Mr Fattorini's head gamekeeper and butler to the effect that there had been no exercise of any right of way by the public along Sawley Lodge Drive.
- Given the long enjoyment of a right of way, then the court presumed the existence of a grant of the right of way.
- A charter connected to the area, and the fact that it is common land, meant that the cows actually had the legal right of way, but most people seemed to be unaware of this fact.
- Once the public right of way is established there is no question of permission being granted by the owner of the soil to those who choose to use it.
- First, when a grantee constructs a way so that he may exercise his right of way, he does so at his own expense.
- The claimant gave notice that she was abandoning the claim to a right to park on 1 May 2001, but continued to press her claim for an unlimited vehicular right of way.
- The document has never been rescinded and Mrs Fisher maintains the right of way along the carriage drive from the entrance to the deer park remains enshrined in the 1877 document.
- If I have a right of way across your land and you put up a gate to stop me exercising it, then I will be acting in protection of my proprietary interests in that right of way if I knocked the gate down.
1. 1.1count noun A path or thoroughfare subject to right of way.
  his new permissive path is not a public right of way
  Example sentencesExamples
  Are we to have eight grey wheelie bins standing outside on the path which is a right of way to get to the back garden?
  Nearby residents asked Essex County Council to modify the definitive rights of way map and designate the footpath a public right of way, because the public have had unrestricted access to it for more than 20 years.
  A public right of way also crosses the site and consultation with the Upper Wharfedale area ranger concluded that the application directly affected it and that it could not be interfered with.
  The committee was advised by the authority's solicitor that to qualify as a public right of way a path must have been used for more than 20 years ‘without force, without secrecy and without permission’.
  Its requests were turned down by Chorley Borough Council's traffic regulation committee because the crossing forms part of a public right of way and it was felt that closing it would not stop vandals and trespassers.
  The original application to have the path designated a public right of way was made in 1995.
  Public rights of way are paths and tracks through countryside and sometimes residential areas where people can walk, cycle and ride horses.
  The canal's towpath runs is designated as a National Waterway Walk and is a public right of way.
  He said: ‘It is a public right of way and it has been for about 150 years.’
  It is an offence for a landowner to obstruct a public right of way, and the placing of a new stile, gate or fence can amount to an obstruction, unless it is a replacement of what previously existed.
  To obstruct a public right of way (a highway) is both a crime at common law and under the Highways Act 1980.
  Public rights of way would be unaffected but ramblers would not be able to stray from paths.
  This letter is to pass on the message of that original notice which indicated that before a decision is made on whether or not this path is a right of way, we are being asked to submit our comments.
  But club president John Hodgson today said the club would be re-opening the path after receiving a letter from Bradford Council stating the path was a public right of way.
  My interest in Coverdale was sparked by news from Bob Baxter of Yorkshire Water of a new footpath they have had designated as a public right of way.
  The walkway is not a public right of way, but has been used by Witham residents and shoppers for many years.
  Pete Lawler is demanding action from the police to tackle youths riding cars and motorbikes on a public right of way on the Pollard Park estate in Bradford.
  I was under the impression that the area was a public right of way, but who is looking after it?
  Public rights of way will be open but dogs should be kept on short leads while some footpaths will remain closed to provide some measure of protection for the estate farm.
  ‘It has views right across the Aire Valley,’ he said, ‘and there is a public right of way through the site for walkers.’
  Synonyms
  footpath, pathway, footway, pavement, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, ride, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway
2The legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place.
he waves on other drivers, even when it's not their right of way
as modifier an infraction of the basic right-of-way rule on the first leg of the race
Example sentencesExamples
- The film gives tips on traffic, such as the need to have lane discipline, pedestrians' right of way at zebra crossings, no parking zones and also traffic signs.
- There is no clear definition as to who has right of way on these crossings - the pedestrian or the motorist.
- The spine incorporates Main and Fox streets, where pedestrians treading on the colourful paved streets have right of way.
- This does not mean that traffic from the right has automatic right of way when they are five metres away from the yield line at the circle.
- It is a case of drivers not observing the pedestrian's right of way.
- The antagonist went blue in the face but did reverse, allowing the man with the indisputable right of way to proceed.
- They have perfected the fine art of determining just how close an oncoming vehicle which has the right of way can be before they have to ‘give way.’
- In London it seems motorists believe they have right of way over everyone.
- The zones, which force drivers to slow down and give right of way to pedestrians and cyclists, will be set up in 200 of Scotland's most dangerous residential streets during the next three years.
- I find the cause of the collision was the failure of the defendant to yield the right of way to the plaintiffs' vehicle and failing to slow down or stop pursuant to s. 138 of the Highway Traffic Act.
- The regulations make it quite clear that a pedestrian on the crossing has right of way over a vehicle.
- Would they confirm that pedestrians already on a crossing has right of way over vehicles?
- Some of the newest junctions in northern Europe are now being returned to their pre-car state - a simple flat square with no raised pavements and no indication to drivers or pedestrians of who has right of way.
- Traffic control authorities will also deduct 10 points for crossing a red light or failing to give pedestrians right of way at a pedestrian crossing.
- The access routes leading to the Station Road car park do not lend themselves to higher levels of traffic and getting out into the main roads could be nigh on impossible at times, the continuous stream of vehicles thereon having right of way.
- With her right of way clear, No. 823 reversed through the loop and then forward down the freight road to couple up to the errant coach.
- When I was growing up, pedestrians had the right of way.
- But that's totally different to someone who has a good reason to use the pavement, and does so at a slow pace, often stopping to give pedestrians their legal right of way.
- Motorists give pedestrians the right of way, stopping at every zebra crossing.
- Junctions resemble battlefields where vehicles' sheer bulk asserts who has authority and right of way.
- On the flip side, minority Rover drivers are idiot boy-racers who still can't figure out which vehicles get right of way at a roundabout.
3North American The right to build and operate a railway line, road, or utility on land belonging to another.
Example sentencesExamples
- Track laying began in May 1904 and made Lindsay by June where a dispute with the GTR caused difficulty getting a right of way.
- He said all that remained was for some problems with Network Rail about right of way and access to land to be ironed out.
- Increased traffic on the Joint Section caused the TG&B to once again seek a right of way of its own.
- This network began about 12 years ago, when we laid fiber from midwestern Pennsylvania to New Jersey using GPU's right of way as an electric utility.
- In 1927 approval was given for a new right of way through Midland to connect with the CPR at Port Mc.Nicoll.
1. 3.1count noun The land on which a railway line, road, or utility is built.
  the government has continued to evade the upgrading of rights of way, tracks, and signalling
  Example sentencesExamples
  An attempt by V & S Railway to block the sale of the Nevada Northern Railway right of way to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation has failed.
  I've written before that, when all is said and done, the most valuable asset phone companies have today are their rights of way, and the poles that now hold their wires.
  The state bought the right of way from WATCO Inc., which has owned and operated the railroad since 1992.
  Ironically, as a private attorney, Riordan bought the Southern Pacific rights of way for the Blue Line on behalf of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
  Williams, a one-time gas pipeline company, had shrewdly used its rights of way to diversify into telecommunications.
  Further developments took place out of doors in the 1880s, both on street railways and on lines running over their own right of way, which presented rather different problems for solution.
  Photographic renderings of the proposed work show much of it will take place within existing rights of way, although some property will need to be purchased near Highway 2.
  We colocate our main core metro hubs inside a fiber overbuilder's fiber ring and use its rights of way to terminate in our lit customer buildings.
  Power line rights of way are another favorite gathering spot for wildcrafters without other land ranges available to them.
  The right of way on Dusty's land was enough that Benson didn't really need Chess's land.
  Since a second round of letters went out to landowners in late 2001 seeking to buy right of way, CSX has taken few public steps with the project, a township official said.
  From Union Station to roughly East 56th Avenue and Peña Boulevard, the light-rail alternative would run in the same right of way as the diesel train.
  We have an agreement with Amtrak to use its right of way, so we're completing a route from Penn Station in New York City down to Washington, D.C. and across to Harrisburg, Pa.
  In these cities, a vehicular solution that meets many of the above criteria is electric fixed-rail transport with its own right of way.
  I want telecom, cable, electricity, and water rights of way.
  Special areas of interest are field perimeters, drainage swells and power-line rights of way.
  Private citizens donated land for the railroad right of way because having a nearby access to the railroad increased property values.
  This would allow them to tear up the track and sell off the right of way as would normally happen in the case of an abandonment of a rail line.
  In many cases, lack of available space, such as close proximity to utilities and traffic when trenching in a right of way, might prevent use of this approach, notes Newquist.
  To the south of the parallel sets of tracks will be the G.T.R. Don freight yard, from which the additional width for the right of way will betaken.

Definition of right of way in US English:

right of way

nounˈˌraɪd ə(v) ˈweɪˈˌrīd ə(v) ˈwā

1The legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Council agreed informally to grant him a right of way along the further stretch of road and to permit him to gain access to his property by a new gate.
- In the meantime they urge all walkers to please show respect to their hosts who allow right of way on walking routes crossing their lands
- The document has never been rescinded and Mrs Fisher maintains the right of way along the carriage drive from the entrance to the deer park remains enshrined in the 1877 document.
- Is the vendor aware of any right of way or other easement affecting the property not discoverable on search?
- Moreover, it is said that the vagueness in the description prevents the creation of a right of way at common law.
- If I have a right of way across your land and you put up a gate to stop me exercising it, then I will be acting in protection of my proprietary interests in that right of way if I knocked the gate down.
- First, when a grantee constructs a way so that he may exercise his right of way, he does so at his own expense.
- When solicitor David Pedley sought to confirm a public right of way on a footpath near his home in Cowling, he didn't expect immediate action.
- Once the public right of way is established there is no question of permission being granted by the owner of the soil to those who choose to use it.
- Thus, the grant of a right of way in law in respect of every part of a defined area does not involve the proposition that the grantee can in fact object to anything done on any part of the area which would obstruct passage over that part.
- This land evidently belonged to Mr Bourne's predecessor, Mr Fowles, as the right of way which he granted in the 1945 Conveyance passes over this land.
- We feel these roads through usage over more than 100 years have been established as having public right of way and should remain open.
- It is accepted that there is a right of way by prescription, but the nature of the permissible usage of that right of way is disputed.
- Even if the area is mapped as access land, you will not be able to walk within 20m of a dwelling, or in gardens or courtyards within the curtilage of a property, unless a right of way already exists.
- A charter connected to the area, and the fact that it is common land, meant that the cows actually had the legal right of way, but most people seemed to be unaware of this fact.
- At some unspecified point in time the public had acquired a right of way over the path, but it had not been adopted by the highway authority.
- Eventually the inspector concluded that there was no right of way of any description along bridleway 8 save for a short stretch along a highway called Sawley Lodge Drive.
- The claimant gave notice that she was abandoning the claim to a right to park on 1 May 2001, but continued to press her claim for an unlimited vehicular right of way.
- In particular there was evidence from Mr Fattorini's head gamekeeper and butler to the effect that there had been no exercise of any right of way by the public along Sawley Lodge Drive.
- Given the long enjoyment of a right of way, then the court presumed the existence of a grant of the right of way.
1. 1.1 A path or thoroughfare subject to right of way.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The committee was advised by the authority's solicitor that to qualify as a public right of way a path must have been used for more than 20 years ‘without force, without secrecy and without permission’.
  The canal's towpath runs is designated as a National Waterway Walk and is a public right of way.
  I was under the impression that the area was a public right of way, but who is looking after it?
  The walkway is not a public right of way, but has been used by Witham residents and shoppers for many years.
  Public rights of way would be unaffected but ramblers would not be able to stray from paths.
  Are we to have eight grey wheelie bins standing outside on the path which is a right of way to get to the back garden?
  Its requests were turned down by Chorley Borough Council's traffic regulation committee because the crossing forms part of a public right of way and it was felt that closing it would not stop vandals and trespassers.
  Public rights of way will be open but dogs should be kept on short leads while some footpaths will remain closed to provide some measure of protection for the estate farm.
  But club president John Hodgson today said the club would be re-opening the path after receiving a letter from Bradford Council stating the path was a public right of way.
  A public right of way also crosses the site and consultation with the Upper Wharfedale area ranger concluded that the application directly affected it and that it could not be interfered with.
  Public rights of way are paths and tracks through countryside and sometimes residential areas where people can walk, cycle and ride horses.
  Pete Lawler is demanding action from the police to tackle youths riding cars and motorbikes on a public right of way on the Pollard Park estate in Bradford.
  My interest in Coverdale was sparked by news from Bob Baxter of Yorkshire Water of a new footpath they have had designated as a public right of way.
  To obstruct a public right of way (a highway) is both a crime at common law and under the Highways Act 1980.
  ‘It has views right across the Aire Valley,’ he said, ‘and there is a public right of way through the site for walkers.’
  This letter is to pass on the message of that original notice which indicated that before a decision is made on whether or not this path is a right of way, we are being asked to submit our comments.
  It is an offence for a landowner to obstruct a public right of way, and the placing of a new stile, gate or fence can amount to an obstruction, unless it is a replacement of what previously existed.
  He said: ‘It is a public right of way and it has been for about 150 years.’
  Nearby residents asked Essex County Council to modify the definitive rights of way map and designate the footpath a public right of way, because the public have had unrestricted access to it for more than 20 years.
  The original application to have the path designated a public right of way was made in 1995.
  Synonyms
  footpath, pathway, footway, pavement, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, ride, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway
2The legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place.
he waves on other drivers, even when it's not their right of way
Example sentencesExamples
- I find the cause of the collision was the failure of the defendant to yield the right of way to the plaintiffs' vehicle and failing to slow down or stop pursuant to s. 138 of the Highway Traffic Act.
- The spine incorporates Main and Fox streets, where pedestrians treading on the colourful paved streets have right of way.
- The zones, which force drivers to slow down and give right of way to pedestrians and cyclists, will be set up in 200 of Scotland's most dangerous residential streets during the next three years.
- Some of the newest junctions in northern Europe are now being returned to their pre-car state - a simple flat square with no raised pavements and no indication to drivers or pedestrians of who has right of way.
- Traffic control authorities will also deduct 10 points for crossing a red light or failing to give pedestrians right of way at a pedestrian crossing.
- They have perfected the fine art of determining just how close an oncoming vehicle which has the right of way can be before they have to ‘give way.’
- It is a case of drivers not observing the pedestrian's right of way.
- With her right of way clear, No. 823 reversed through the loop and then forward down the freight road to couple up to the errant coach.
- But that's totally different to someone who has a good reason to use the pavement, and does so at a slow pace, often stopping to give pedestrians their legal right of way.
- There is no clear definition as to who has right of way on these crossings - the pedestrian or the motorist.
- The regulations make it quite clear that a pedestrian on the crossing has right of way over a vehicle.
- The antagonist went blue in the face but did reverse, allowing the man with the indisputable right of way to proceed.
- The access routes leading to the Station Road car park do not lend themselves to higher levels of traffic and getting out into the main roads could be nigh on impossible at times, the continuous stream of vehicles thereon having right of way.
- Motorists give pedestrians the right of way, stopping at every zebra crossing.
- This does not mean that traffic from the right has automatic right of way when they are five metres away from the yield line at the circle.
- Junctions resemble battlefields where vehicles' sheer bulk asserts who has authority and right of way.
- In London it seems motorists believe they have right of way over everyone.
- Would they confirm that pedestrians already on a crossing has right of way over vehicles?
- When I was growing up, pedestrians had the right of way.
- The film gives tips on traffic, such as the need to have lane discipline, pedestrians' right of way at zebra crossings, no parking zones and also traffic signs.
- On the flip side, minority Rover drivers are idiot boy-racers who still can't figure out which vehicles get right of way at a roundabout.
3North American The right to build and operate a railroad line, road, or utility on land belonging to another.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1927 approval was given for a new right of way through Midland to connect with the CPR at Port Mc.Nicoll.
- Increased traffic on the Joint Section caused the TG&B to once again seek a right of way of its own.
- He said all that remained was for some problems with Network Rail about right of way and access to land to be ironed out.
- This network began about 12 years ago, when we laid fiber from midwestern Pennsylvania to New Jersey using GPU's right of way as an electric utility.
- Track laying began in May 1904 and made Lindsay by June where a dispute with the GTR caused difficulty getting a right of way.
1. 3.1 The land on which a railroad line, road, or utility is built.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I want telecom, cable, electricity, and water rights of way.
  An attempt by V & S Railway to block the sale of the Nevada Northern Railway right of way to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation has failed.
  In many cases, lack of available space, such as close proximity to utilities and traffic when trenching in a right of way, might prevent use of this approach, notes Newquist.
  Photographic renderings of the proposed work show much of it will take place within existing rights of way, although some property will need to be purchased near Highway 2.
  Further developments took place out of doors in the 1880s, both on street railways and on lines running over their own right of way, which presented rather different problems for solution.
  Williams, a one-time gas pipeline company, had shrewdly used its rights of way to diversify into telecommunications.
  I've written before that, when all is said and done, the most valuable asset phone companies have today are their rights of way, and the poles that now hold their wires.
  This would allow them to tear up the track and sell off the right of way as would normally happen in the case of an abandonment of a rail line.
  Since a second round of letters went out to landowners in late 2001 seeking to buy right of way, CSX has taken few public steps with the project, a township official said.
  Ironically, as a private attorney, Riordan bought the Southern Pacific rights of way for the Blue Line on behalf of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
  In these cities, a vehicular solution that meets many of the above criteria is electric fixed-rail transport with its own right of way.
  Power line rights of way are another favorite gathering spot for wildcrafters without other land ranges available to them.
  We colocate our main core metro hubs inside a fiber overbuilder's fiber ring and use its rights of way to terminate in our lit customer buildings.
  We have an agreement with Amtrak to use its right of way, so we're completing a route from Penn Station in New York City down to Washington, D.C. and across to Harrisburg, Pa.
  The right of way on Dusty's land was enough that Benson didn't really need Chess's land.
  To the south of the parallel sets of tracks will be the G.T.R. Don freight yard, from which the additional width for the right of way will betaken.
  The state bought the right of way from WATCO Inc., which has owned and operated the railroad since 1992.
  Private citizens donated land for the railroad right of way because having a nearby access to the railroad increased property values.
  Special areas of interest are field perimeters, drainage swells and power-line rights of way.
  From Union Station to roughly East 56th Avenue and Peña Boulevard, the light-rail alternative would run in the same right of way as the diesel train.

单词	right of way
释义	Definition of right of way in English: right of way noun mass noun 1The legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another. they found their right of way barred by locked gates Example sentencesExamples Eventually the inspector concluded that there was no right of way of any description along bridleway 8 save for a short stretch along a highway called Sawley Lodge Drive. We feel these roads through usage over more than 100 years have been established as having public right of way and should remain open. Is the vendor aware of any right of way or other easement affecting the property not discoverable on search? In the meantime they urge all walkers to please show respect to their hosts who allow right of way on walking routes crossing their lands It is accepted that there is a right of way by prescription, but the nature of the permissible usage of that right of way is disputed. This land evidently belonged to Mr Bourne's predecessor, Mr Fowles, as the right of way which he granted in the 1945 Conveyance passes over this land. Even if the area is mapped as access land, you will not be able to walk within 20m of a dwelling, or in gardens or courtyards within the curtilage of a property, unless a right of way already exists. Moreover, it is said that the vagueness in the description prevents the creation of a right of way at common law. Thus, the grant of a right of way in law in respect of every part of a defined area does not involve the proposition that the grantee can in fact object to anything done on any part of the area which would obstruct passage over that part. When solicitor David Pedley sought to confirm a public right of way on a footpath near his home in Cowling, he didn't expect immediate action. The Council agreed informally to grant him a right of way along the further stretch of road and to permit him to gain access to his property by a new gate. At some unspecified point in time the public had acquired a right of way over the path, but it had not been adopted by the highway authority. In particular there was evidence from Mr Fattorini's head gamekeeper and butler to the effect that there had been no exercise of any right of way by the public along Sawley Lodge Drive. Given the long enjoyment of a right of way, then the court presumed the existence of a grant of the right of way. A charter connected to the area, and the fact that it is common land, meant that the cows actually had the legal right of way, but most people seemed to be unaware of this fact. Once the public right of way is established there is no question of permission being granted by the owner of the soil to those who choose to use it. First, when a grantee constructs a way so that he may exercise his right of way, he does so at his own expense. The claimant gave notice that she was abandoning the claim to a right to park on 1 May 2001, but continued to press her claim for an unlimited vehicular right of way. The document has never been rescinded and Mrs Fisher maintains the right of way along the carriage drive from the entrance to the deer park remains enshrined in the 1877 document. If I have a right of way across your land and you put up a gate to stop me exercising it, then I will be acting in protection of my proprietary interests in that right of way if I knocked the gate down. 1.1count noun A path or thoroughfare subject to right of way. his new permissive path is not a public right of way Example sentencesExamples Are we to have eight grey wheelie bins standing outside on the path which is a right of way to get to the back garden? Nearby residents asked Essex County Council to modify the definitive rights of way map and designate the footpath a public right of way, because the public have had unrestricted access to it for more than 20 years. A public right of way also crosses the site and consultation with the Upper Wharfedale area ranger concluded that the application directly affected it and that it could not be interfered with. The committee was advised by the authority's solicitor that to qualify as a public right of way a path must have been used for more than 20 years ‘without force, without secrecy and without permission’. Its requests were turned down by Chorley Borough Council's traffic regulation committee because the crossing forms part of a public right of way and it was felt that closing it would not stop vandals and trespassers. The original application to have the path designated a public right of way was made in 1995. Public rights of way are paths and tracks through countryside and sometimes residential areas where people can walk, cycle and ride horses. The canal's towpath runs is designated as a National Waterway Walk and is a public right of way. He said: ‘It is a public right of way and it has been for about 150 years.’ It is an offence for a landowner to obstruct a public right of way, and the placing of a new stile, gate or fence can amount to an obstruction, unless it is a replacement of what previously existed. To obstruct a public right of way (a highway) is both a crime at common law and under the Highways Act 1980. Public rights of way would be unaffected but ramblers would not be able to stray from paths. This letter is to pass on the message of that original notice which indicated that before a decision is made on whether or not this path is a right of way, we are being asked to submit our comments. But club president John Hodgson today said the club would be re-opening the path after receiving a letter from Bradford Council stating the path was a public right of way. My interest in Coverdale was sparked by news from Bob Baxter of Yorkshire Water of a new footpath they have had designated as a public right of way. The walkway is not a public right of way, but has been used by Witham residents and shoppers for many years. Pete Lawler is demanding action from the police to tackle youths riding cars and motorbikes on a public right of way on the Pollard Park estate in Bradford. I was under the impression that the area was a public right of way, but who is looking after it? Public rights of way will be open but dogs should be kept on short leads while some footpaths will remain closed to provide some measure of protection for the estate farm. ‘It has views right across the Aire Valley,’ he said, ‘and there is a public right of way through the site for walkers.’ Synonyms footpath, pathway, footway, pavement, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, ride, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway 2The legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place. he waves on other drivers, even when it's not their right of way as modifier an infraction of the basic right-of-way rule on the first leg of the race Example sentencesExamples The film gives tips on traffic, such as the need to have lane discipline, pedestrians' right of way at zebra crossings, no parking zones and also traffic signs. There is no clear definition as to who has right of way on these crossings - the pedestrian or the motorist. The spine incorporates Main and Fox streets, where pedestrians treading on the colourful paved streets have right of way. This does not mean that traffic from the right has automatic right of way when they are five metres away from the yield line at the circle. It is a case of drivers not observing the pedestrian's right of way. The antagonist went blue in the face but did reverse, allowing the man with the indisputable right of way to proceed. They have perfected the fine art of determining just how close an oncoming vehicle which has the right of way can be before they have to ‘give way.’ In London it seems motorists believe they have right of way over everyone. The zones, which force drivers to slow down and give right of way to pedestrians and cyclists, will be set up in 200 of Scotland's most dangerous residential streets during the next three years. I find the cause of the collision was the failure of the defendant to yield the right of way to the plaintiffs' vehicle and failing to slow down or stop pursuant to s. 138 of the Highway Traffic Act. The regulations make it quite clear that a pedestrian on the crossing has right of way over a vehicle. Would they confirm that pedestrians already on a crossing has right of way over vehicles? Some of the newest junctions in northern Europe are now being returned to their pre-car state - a simple flat square with no raised pavements and no indication to drivers or pedestrians of who has right of way. Traffic control authorities will also deduct 10 points for crossing a red light or failing to give pedestrians right of way at a pedestrian crossing. The access routes leading to the Station Road car park do not lend themselves to higher levels of traffic and getting out into the main roads could be nigh on impossible at times, the continuous stream of vehicles thereon having right of way. With her right of way clear, No. 823 reversed through the loop and then forward down the freight road to couple up to the errant coach. When I was growing up, pedestrians had the right of way. But that's totally different to someone who has a good reason to use the pavement, and does so at a slow pace, often stopping to give pedestrians their legal right of way. Motorists give pedestrians the right of way, stopping at every zebra crossing. Junctions resemble battlefields where vehicles' sheer bulk asserts who has authority and right of way. On the flip side, minority Rover drivers are idiot boy-racers who still can't figure out which vehicles get right of way at a roundabout. 3North American The right to build and operate a railway line, road, or utility on land belonging to another. Example sentencesExamples Track laying began in May 1904 and made Lindsay by June where a dispute with the GTR caused difficulty getting a right of way. He said all that remained was for some problems with Network Rail about right of way and access to land to be ironed out. Increased traffic on the Joint Section caused the TG&B to once again seek a right of way of its own. This network began about 12 years ago, when we laid fiber from midwestern Pennsylvania to New Jersey using GPU's right of way as an electric utility. In 1927 approval was given for a new right of way through Midland to connect with the CPR at Port Mc.Nicoll. 3.1count noun The land on which a railway line, road, or utility is built. the government has continued to evade the upgrading of rights of way, tracks, and signalling Example sentencesExamples An attempt by V & S Railway to block the sale of the Nevada Northern Railway right of way to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation has failed. I've written before that, when all is said and done, the most valuable asset phone companies have today are their rights of way, and the poles that now hold their wires. The state bought the right of way from WATCO Inc., which has owned and operated the railroad since 1992. Ironically, as a private attorney, Riordan bought the Southern Pacific rights of way for the Blue Line on behalf of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. Williams, a one-time gas pipeline company, had shrewdly used its rights of way to diversify into telecommunications. Further developments took place out of doors in the 1880s, both on street railways and on lines running over their own right of way, which presented rather different problems for solution. Photographic renderings of the proposed work show much of it will take place within existing rights of way, although some property will need to be purchased near Highway 2. We colocate our main core metro hubs inside a fiber overbuilder's fiber ring and use its rights of way to terminate in our lit customer buildings. Power line rights of way are another favorite gathering spot for wildcrafters without other land ranges available to them. The right of way on Dusty's land was enough that Benson didn't really need Chess's land. Since a second round of letters went out to landowners in late 2001 seeking to buy right of way, CSX has taken few public steps with the project, a township official said. From Union Station to roughly East 56th Avenue and Peña Boulevard, the light-rail alternative would run in the same right of way as the diesel train. We have an agreement with Amtrak to use its right of way, so we're completing a route from Penn Station in New York City down to Washington, D.C. and across to Harrisburg, Pa. In these cities, a vehicular solution that meets many of the above criteria is electric fixed-rail transport with its own right of way. I want telecom, cable, electricity, and water rights of way. Special areas of interest are field perimeters, drainage swells and power-line rights of way. Private citizens donated land for the railroad right of way because having a nearby access to the railroad increased property values. This would allow them to tear up the track and sell off the right of way as would normally happen in the case of an abandonment of a rail line. In many cases, lack of available space, such as close proximity to utilities and traffic when trenching in a right of way, might prevent use of this approach, notes Newquist. To the south of the parallel sets of tracks will be the G.T.R. Don freight yard, from which the additional width for the right of way will betaken. Definition of right of way in US English: right of way nounˈˌraɪd ə(v) ˈweɪˈˌrīd ə(v) ˈwā 1The legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another. Example sentencesExamples The Council agreed informally to grant him a right of way along the further stretch of road and to permit him to gain access to his property by a new gate. In the meantime they urge all walkers to please show respect to their hosts who allow right of way on walking routes crossing their lands The document has never been rescinded and Mrs Fisher maintains the right of way along the carriage drive from the entrance to the deer park remains enshrined in the 1877 document. Is the vendor aware of any right of way or other easement affecting the property not discoverable on search? Moreover, it is said that the vagueness in the description prevents the creation of a right of way at common law. If I have a right of way across your land and you put up a gate to stop me exercising it, then I will be acting in protection of my proprietary interests in that right of way if I knocked the gate down. First, when a grantee constructs a way so that he may exercise his right of way, he does so at his own expense. When solicitor David Pedley sought to confirm a public right of way on a footpath near his home in Cowling, he didn't expect immediate action. Once the public right of way is established there is no question of permission being granted by the owner of the soil to those who choose to use it. Thus, the grant of a right of way in law in respect of every part of a defined area does not involve the proposition that the grantee can in fact object to anything done on any part of the area which would obstruct passage over that part. This land evidently belonged to Mr Bourne's predecessor, Mr Fowles, as the right of way which he granted in the 1945 Conveyance passes over this land. We feel these roads through usage over more than 100 years have been established as having public right of way and should remain open. It is accepted that there is a right of way by prescription, but the nature of the permissible usage of that right of way is disputed. Even if the area is mapped as access land, you will not be able to walk within 20m of a dwelling, or in gardens or courtyards within the curtilage of a property, unless a right of way already exists. A charter connected to the area, and the fact that it is common land, meant that the cows actually had the legal right of way, but most people seemed to be unaware of this fact. At some unspecified point in time the public had acquired a right of way over the path, but it had not been adopted by the highway authority. Eventually the inspector concluded that there was no right of way of any description along bridleway 8 save for a short stretch along a highway called Sawley Lodge Drive. The claimant gave notice that she was abandoning the claim to a right to park on 1 May 2001, but continued to press her claim for an unlimited vehicular right of way. In particular there was evidence from Mr Fattorini's head gamekeeper and butler to the effect that there had been no exercise of any right of way by the public along Sawley Lodge Drive. Given the long enjoyment of a right of way, then the court presumed the existence of a grant of the right of way. 1.1 A path or thoroughfare subject to right of way. Example sentencesExamples The committee was advised by the authority's solicitor that to qualify as a public right of way a path must have been used for more than 20 years ‘without force, without secrecy and without permission’. The canal's towpath runs is designated as a National Waterway Walk and is a public right of way. I was under the impression that the area was a public right of way, but who is looking after it? The walkway is not a public right of way, but has been used by Witham residents and shoppers for many years. Public rights of way would be unaffected but ramblers would not be able to stray from paths. Are we to have eight grey wheelie bins standing outside on the path which is a right of way to get to the back garden? Its requests were turned down by Chorley Borough Council's traffic regulation committee because the crossing forms part of a public right of way and it was felt that closing it would not stop vandals and trespassers. Public rights of way will be open but dogs should be kept on short leads while some footpaths will remain closed to provide some measure of protection for the estate farm. But club president John Hodgson today said the club would be re-opening the path after receiving a letter from Bradford Council stating the path was a public right of way. A public right of way also crosses the site and consultation with the Upper Wharfedale area ranger concluded that the application directly affected it and that it could not be interfered with. Public rights of way are paths and tracks through countryside and sometimes residential areas where people can walk, cycle and ride horses. Pete Lawler is demanding action from the police to tackle youths riding cars and motorbikes on a public right of way on the Pollard Park estate in Bradford. My interest in Coverdale was sparked by news from Bob Baxter of Yorkshire Water of a new footpath they have had designated as a public right of way. To obstruct a public right of way (a highway) is both a crime at common law and under the Highways Act 1980. ‘It has views right across the Aire Valley,’ he said, ‘and there is a public right of way through the site for walkers.’ This letter is to pass on the message of that original notice which indicated that before a decision is made on whether or not this path is a right of way, we are being asked to submit our comments. It is an offence for a landowner to obstruct a public right of way, and the placing of a new stile, gate or fence can amount to an obstruction, unless it is a replacement of what previously existed. He said: ‘It is a public right of way and it has been for about 150 years.’ Nearby residents asked Essex County Council to modify the definitive rights of way map and designate the footpath a public right of way, because the public have had unrestricted access to it for more than 20 years. The original application to have the path designated a public right of way was made in 1995. Synonyms footpath, pathway, footway, pavement, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, ride, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway 2The legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place. he waves on other drivers, even when it's not their right of way Example sentencesExamples I find the cause of the collision was the failure of the defendant to yield the right of way to the plaintiffs' vehicle and failing to slow down or stop pursuant to s. 138 of the Highway Traffic Act. The spine incorporates Main and Fox streets, where pedestrians treading on the colourful paved streets have right of way. The zones, which force drivers to slow down and give right of way to pedestrians and cyclists, will be set up in 200 of Scotland's most dangerous residential streets during the next three years. Some of the newest junctions in northern Europe are now being returned to their pre-car state - a simple flat square with no raised pavements and no indication to drivers or pedestrians of who has right of way. Traffic control authorities will also deduct 10 points for crossing a red light or failing to give pedestrians right of way at a pedestrian crossing. They have perfected the fine art of determining just how close an oncoming vehicle which has the right of way can be before they have to ‘give way.’ It is a case of drivers not observing the pedestrian's right of way. With her right of way clear, No. 823 reversed through the loop and then forward down the freight road to couple up to the errant coach. But that's totally different to someone who has a good reason to use the pavement, and does so at a slow pace, often stopping to give pedestrians their legal right of way. There is no clear definition as to who has right of way on these crossings - the pedestrian or the motorist. The regulations make it quite clear that a pedestrian on the crossing has right of way over a vehicle. The antagonist went blue in the face but did reverse, allowing the man with the indisputable right of way to proceed. The access routes leading to the Station Road car park do not lend themselves to higher levels of traffic and getting out into the main roads could be nigh on impossible at times, the continuous stream of vehicles thereon having right of way. Motorists give pedestrians the right of way, stopping at every zebra crossing. This does not mean that traffic from the right has automatic right of way when they are five metres away from the yield line at the circle. Junctions resemble battlefields where vehicles' sheer bulk asserts who has authority and right of way. In London it seems motorists believe they have right of way over everyone. Would they confirm that pedestrians already on a crossing has right of way over vehicles? When I was growing up, pedestrians had the right of way. The film gives tips on traffic, such as the need to have lane discipline, pedestrians' right of way at zebra crossings, no parking zones and also traffic signs. On the flip side, minority Rover drivers are idiot boy-racers who still can't figure out which vehicles get right of way at a roundabout. 3North American The right to build and operate a railroad line, road, or utility on land belonging to another. Example sentencesExamples In 1927 approval was given for a new right of way through Midland to connect with the CPR at Port Mc.Nicoll. Increased traffic on the Joint Section caused the TG&B to once again seek a right of way of its own. He said all that remained was for some problems with Network Rail about right of way and access to land to be ironed out. This network began about 12 years ago, when we laid fiber from midwestern Pennsylvania to New Jersey using GPU's right of way as an electric utility. Track laying began in May 1904 and made Lindsay by June where a dispute with the GTR caused difficulty getting a right of way. 3.1 The land on which a railroad line, road, or utility is built. Example sentencesExamples I want telecom, cable, electricity, and water rights of way. An attempt by V & S Railway to block the sale of the Nevada Northern Railway right of way to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation has failed. In many cases, lack of available space, such as close proximity to utilities and traffic when trenching in a right of way, might prevent use of this approach, notes Newquist. Photographic renderings of the proposed work show much of it will take place within existing rights of way, although some property will need to be purchased near Highway 2. Further developments took place out of doors in the 1880s, both on street railways and on lines running over their own right of way, which presented rather different problems for solution. Williams, a one-time gas pipeline company, had shrewdly used its rights of way to diversify into telecommunications. I've written before that, when all is said and done, the most valuable asset phone companies have today are their rights of way, and the poles that now hold their wires. This would allow them to tear up the track and sell off the right of way as would normally happen in the case of an abandonment of a rail line. Since a second round of letters went out to landowners in late 2001 seeking to buy right of way, CSX has taken few public steps with the project, a township official said. Ironically, as a private attorney, Riordan bought the Southern Pacific rights of way for the Blue Line on behalf of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. In these cities, a vehicular solution that meets many of the above criteria is electric fixed-rail transport with its own right of way. Power line rights of way are another favorite gathering spot for wildcrafters without other land ranges available to them. We colocate our main core metro hubs inside a fiber overbuilder's fiber ring and use its rights of way to terminate in our lit customer buildings. We have an agreement with Amtrak to use its right of way, so we're completing a route from Penn Station in New York City down to Washington, D.C. and across to Harrisburg, Pa. The right of way on Dusty's land was enough that Benson didn't really need Chess's land. To the south of the parallel sets of tracks will be the G.T.R. Don freight yard, from which the additional width for the right of way will betaken. The state bought the right of way from WATCO Inc., which has owned and operated the railroad since 1992. Private citizens donated land for the railroad right of way because having a nearby access to the railroad increased property values. Special areas of interest are field perimeters, drainage swells and power-line rights of way. From Union Station to roughly East 56th Avenue and Peña Boulevard, the light-rail alternative would run in the same right of way as the diesel train.
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