wayleave

American  

[wey-leev] / ˈweɪˌliv /

noun

Law.

1. a right of way over or under another's ground or property, as for transporting minerals from a mine.

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wayleave British  

/ ˈweɪˌliːv /

noun

1. access to property granted by a landowner for payment, for example to allow a contractor access to a building site

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Etymology

Origin of wayleave

First recorded in 1400–50, wayleave is from the late Middle English word waylefe. See way ¹, leave ²

Example Sentences

Thus, if the mail bag weighed twenty pounds—no very great weight—Finlay had to pay �48, the cost of wayleave for his courier to travel from Albany to New York.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir