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right of way
Universal Words
noun (plural rights of way)
1 [U] (especially BrE) legal permission to go onto or through another person's land:
Private property-no right of way.
2 [C] (especially BrE) a public path that goes through private land:
a public right of way for walkers
3 [U] the right to drive across or into a road before another vehicle:
I had right of way at the junction. * Whose right of way is it?
