Noun | 1. | way - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
2. | way - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" | |
3. | way - a journey or passage; "they are on the way" | |
4. | way - the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" | |
5. | way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" Synonyms: path, way of life | |
6. | way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | |
7. | way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" Synonyms: direction | |
8. | way - the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" Synonyms: ways | |
9. | way - doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" | |
10. | way - a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" | |
11. | way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" Synonyms: elbow room, room | |
12. | way - a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways" | |
Adv. | 1. | way - to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" Synonyms: right smart |
WAY, estates. A passage, street or road. A right of way is a privilege which
an individual or a particular description of persons, such as the
inhabitants of a particular place, or the owners or occupiers of such place
may have, of going over another person's ground.
2. It is an incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, a mere easement,
entirely different from public or private roads.
3. A right of way may arise, 1. By prescription and immemorial usage. 2
McCord, 447 5 Har. & John. 474; Co. Litt. 113, b; Br. Chem. 2; 1 Roll. Ab.
936. 2. By grant. 3 Lev. 305; 1 Ld. Raym. 75; 17 Mass. 416; Crabb on R. P.
Sec. 366. 3. By reservation 4. By custom. 5. By acts of the legislature. 6.
From necessity, when a man's ground is enclosed and completely blocked up,
so that he cannot, without passing over his neighbor's land, reach the
public road. For example, should A grant a piece of land to B, surrounded by
land belonging to A; a right of way over A's land passes of necessity to B,
otherwise he could not derive any benefit from the acquisition. Vide 3
Rawle, 495; 2 Fairf. R. 1,56; 2 Mass. 203; 2 McCord, 448; 3 McCord, 139; 2
Pick. 577; 14 Mass. 56; 2 Hill, S. C. R. 641; and Necessity. The way is to
be taken where it will be least injurious to the owner. 4 Kent, Com. 338. 4.
Lord Coke, adopting the civil law, says there are three kinds of ways. 1. A
foot-way, called iter. 2. A foot-way and horse-way, called adus. 3. A cart-
way, which contains the other two, called via. Co. Lit. 56, a; Pothier,
Pandectae, lib. 8, t. 3, Sec. 1; Dig. 8, 3; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 177. Vide Yelv.
142, n; Id. 164; Woodf. Landl. & Ten. 544; 4 Kent, Com. 337; Ayl. Pand. 307;
Cruise's Dig. tit. 24; 1 Taunt. R. 279; R. & M. 151; 1 Bail. R. 58; 2 Hill.
Abr. c. 6; Crabb on Real Prop. Sec. 360 to 397; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.;
Easement; Servitude.