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Right of way (also right-of-way) may refer: (a) as a phrase, to a legal right; or (b) as a noun, to the designated route used because of the "right", i.e. a path or road; or (c) rules that govern the movement of people and traffic on roads, paths, trails, air, and water.

Legal concept

• Easement#Wayleave, an easement to construct and maintain infrastructure over or under private land. Examples include railways, canals, pipelines, electricity grids, communication networks. See Right of way (property access).
• 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"
• Right of way (shipping), set of sailing rules on water paths regarding priority and signaling
• Right of way (public throughway), a foot, cycle, or bridle path, trail, road, etc., that provides public access across private land
  • The designated route of a road, railway, trail, and foot, cycle, or bridle path.
  • The right of transit across private land on a waterway.
• In US usage, a term for the route of a railway line
• A public highway

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