Private Way
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An easement of one person, or of any number of persons less than the public at large, to pass over the servient land of another in the manner, at the times, on the location, and for the purpose allotted or agreed for the particular way. Bish. Non-Cont. Law, § 866. Private ways are either (1) appurtenant, i. e., pertaining to some particular land, or (2) in gross, i. e., personal to some particular individual or individuals. 3 Bl. Comm. 241.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, entirely different to a common highway. The right of going over another man’s ground. Kister v. Reeser, 98 Pa. 5, 42 Am. Rep. 608. See Way.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A right which a person has of passing over the land of another. Jones v. Venable, 120 Ga. 1, 47 S. E. 549; Whiting . Dudley, 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 376; Kister v. Rees-er, 98 Pa. 1, 42 Am. Rep. 608; Kripp v. Curtis, 71 Cal. 62, 11 Pan. 879. In another sense (chiefly In New England) a private way ls one laid out by the local public authorities for the accommodation of individuals and wholly or chiefly at their expense, but not restricted to their exclusive use, being subject, like highways, to the public easement of passage. See Metcalf v. Bingham, 3 N. H. 459; Clark v. Boston, O. & M. R. Co., 24 N. II. 118; Denham v. Bristol County, 108 Mass. 202; Butchers', etc., Ass'n v. Boston, 139 Mass. 290, 30 N. E. 94
Defined under Way in Black's Law Dictionary.