DCHP-2
right-of-way DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 † n.
a strip of land granted or sold to a company for the construction of a railway, power line, etc.
- 1911 (1914) Then the right-of-way cutters, who cut down and burn the timber and brush to a width of a hundred feet.
- 1966 Hydro uses muskeg vehicles . . . in maintenance work along its right-of-way.
2 n. — Esp. West
a strip of land between surveyed concessions, ranges, sections, etc., retained by the municipality for the construction of a road.
See also: road allowance (def. 1)
- 1895 The right-of-way for the new road has been procured for almost the entire distance.
- 1957 Right-of-way maintenance has been improved, and all right-of-ways are now mowed.
- 1963 . . . modern highways would not carry heavy traffic loads if the soft "black dirt" on right of ways had not been excavated and replaced with firm aggregate.
- 1911 (1914) Then the right-of-way cutters, who cut down and burn the timber and brush to a width of a hundred feet.