right of way

noun, 1. a right established by usage to pass over another’s ground, 2. a path subject to such a right (COD)

“I was buying this piece of land, and the right of way comes across various people’s land. Now they want you to have signatures for all those people, even though the road’s been there for like a hundred and fifty years.”

“He gave us some land for a right of way into it, but the piece behind it, its right of way was way over along the fenceline and never used.”

“The most viable option is to put a second ferry in, but they concluded the long-term option eventually has to be a bridge. So it’s going to happen someday, but they said that’s probably twenty years out because the bridge is a complicated thing from an environmental assessment and from purchasing all the lands and the right of ways.”