Definitions for right-of-way
right-of-way
right of way
Right-Of-Way is a 12 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 451 anagrams from letters in right-of-way (--afghiortwy).
Definitions for right-of-way
noun
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a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
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a path or route that may lawfully be used.
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a right of passage, as over another's land.
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the strip of land acquired for use by a railroad for tracks.
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land covered by a public road.
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land over which a power line passes.
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Fencing. the right to attack or continue an attack, and thus to be credited with a hit, by virtue of having first extended the sword arm or having parried the opponent's attack.
Origin of right-of-way
First recorded in 1760-70