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RIGHT OF WAY
The right to pass. (A) Property Law: Typically an easement, the right to pass over or through the property of another. (B) Traffic Law: The right to proceed under the circumstances. A pedestrian rightfully in a crosswalk has the right of way over any motor vehicle. A vehicle in the at of making a turn has a right of way superior to a vehicle approaching the intersection. Law … [Read more...]
RIGHT OF ACTION
The right to bring suit; a legal right to maintain an action, growing out of a given transaction or state of facts and based thereon. Hibbard v. Clark, 56 N. H. 155, 22 Am. Rep. 442; Webster v. County Com'rs, 63 Me. 29. By the old writers, "right of action" is commonly used to denote that a person has lost a right of entry, and has nothing but a right of action left Co. Litt … [Read more...]
RIGHT PATENT
An obsolete writ, which was brought for lands and tenements, and not for an advowson, or common, and lay only for an estate in fee simple, and not for him who had a lesser estate; as tenant in tall, tenant in frank marriage, or tenant for life. … [Read more...]
RIGHT OF DISCUSSION
Scottish law. The right which the cautioner (surety) has to insist that the creditor shall do his best to compel the performance of the contract by the principal debtor, before he shall be called upon. … [Read more...]