right of way

Noun right of way has 3 senses

• right of way(n = noun.attribute) - the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else;
is a kind of easement

• right of way(n = noun.attribute) - the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another;
is a kind of right

• right of way(n = noun.artifact) - the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass;
is a kind of passage