Right of way

Right of way (also right-of-way) is (a) a right of easement, i.e. an easement, specifically for passage purposes, such as for a railroad, pipelines, pedestrians, vehicles, aqueducts, etc., (b) rules that govern the movement of people and traffic on roads, paths, trails, air, and water, and (c) the land on which an easement crosses.

Legal concept

• A public highway
• Right of way (property access), an easement to construct and maintain infrastructure over or under private land. Examples include railways, canals, pipelines, electricity grids, communication networks.
• Right of way (traffic), allowing priority use of traffic flow, "the legal right of a pedestrian, [equestrian, cyclist], vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place"
• For oceangoing vessels, the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea defines right-of-way rules
• Right of way (transit), a foot, cycle, or bridle path, trail, road, waterway, etc., that permits the public to cross private land.
• The right of access across private land on a waterway.

Film

• Right of Way (film), a 1983 television film drama
• The Right of Way (1915 film), a lost silent film
• The Right of Way (1920 film), an American film starring Bert Lytell
• The Right of Way (1931 film), an American film starring Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young

Other uses

• Right of way, priority of attacking in fencing
• Right of Way (album), a 2003 album by Ferry Corsten

See also

• All pages with titles containing rights of way
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• Visual flight rules
• Rights of way in England and Wales
• Rights of way in Scotland