wayleave

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English

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Etymology

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From way +‎ leave (permission).

Noun

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wayleave (plural wayleaves)

  1. A right of way granted by a landowner.
    • 1941 June, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 250:
      Our first precise information is contained in a Deed of Mutual Covenants dated October 1, 1863, and made between the Rhosydd Slate Co. Ltd. and H. B. Roberts, whereby the latter granted the company a wayleave under which it constructed a railway and incline from its property to the Croesor Tramway. The original wayleave was 2d. a ton, [...].
  2. (US) A right to cross land.

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