Private road

This term has various meanings:
(1) A road, the soil of which belongs to the owner of the land which it traverses, but which is burdened with a right of way. Morgan v. Livingston. 6 Mart. O. S. (Lat) 231.
(2) A neighborhood way, not commonly used by others than the people of the neighborhood, though it may be used by any one having occasion. State v. Mobley, 1 McMul. (S. C.) 44.
(3) A road intended for the use of one or more private individuals, and not wanted nor intended for general public use, which may be opened across the lands of other persons by statutory authority in some states. Witham v. Osburn, 4 Or. 318, 18 Am. Rep. 287; Sherman v. Buick, 32 Cal. 252, 91 Am. Dec. 577 ; Madera County v. Raymond Granite Co., 139 Cal. l28, 72 Pac. 915.
(4) A road which is only open for the banefit of certain individuals to go from and to their homes for the service of their lands and for the use of some estates exclusively. Civ. Code La, 1900, art. 706.

Defined under Road in Black's Law Dictionary.