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Wayleave

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A right of way over or through land for the carriage of minerals from a mine or quarry. It is an easement ((?. v.), being a species of the class called "rights of way," and is generally created by express grant or reservation. A wayleave rent may be a fixed annual sum, or a sum payable according to the quantity of minerals drawn over the way, or a combination of the two. Bainb. Mines (4th Ed.) 211 et seq.; Elph. Conv. 264.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A right of way for the carriage the product of a mine or quarry over another’s land.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Is a right of way over or through land for the carriage of minerals from a mine or quarry. It is an easement, being a species of the class calied "rights of way," and is generally created by express grant or reservation. Sweet.