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Meanings of right of way in English

In road traffic: right of a vehicle to pass in priority to another one.

Usage of right of way in English
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Light work is still going on along the pipeline's right of way.
Reuters
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This right of way is effectively blocked off six days a week.
The Irish Times
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Along the rear boundary there is 18m of right of way access.
News.com.au
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Shaken, they hurried across while they still had the right of way.
Frozen Heat
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The bungalow people had the right of way on the branch road.
Joyce of the North Woods
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No money was paid by the General Government for right of way.
Eurasia
7
I woke up once when he turned off the right of way.
More Than Human
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But the path up the mountain is a right of way uncontested.
"My Novel" — Volume 04
9
She has the right of way and seems to be taking it.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
10
Black-green hemlock and spruce bordered the right of way on either hand.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
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Only recently he gave the traction company a new right of way.
Half a Rogue
12
Ever since God made the world principle has had right of way.
Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into...
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Plant was evidently finding the disputed right of way a great convenience.
The Rules of the Game
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When persons and mere things meet, persons have absolute right of way.
Practical Ethics
15
NZ Police answer:Who has the right of way when car parking?
Radio NZ
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LA is the home of the pedestrian right of way law.
Love All The People