Dictionary  right' of way'—pl. rights of way, right of ways. 1. a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another. 2. a path or route that may lawfully be used. 3. a right of passage, as over another's land. 4. the strip of land acquired for use by a railroad for tracks. 5. land covered by a public road. 6. land over which a power line passes. 7. 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. Also,right'-of-way'. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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