| slovo | definícia |
highway
(mass) | highway
- diaľnica |
highway
(encz) | highway,dálnice |
Highway
(gcide) | Highway \High"way`\, n.
A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a
paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter
sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways
and byways.
Syn: Way; road; path; course.
[1913 Webster] |
highway
(wn) | highway
n 1: a major road for any form of motor transport [syn:
highway, main road] |
HIGHWAY
(bouvier) | HIGHWAY. A passage or road through the country, or some parts of it, for the
use of the people. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 442. The term highway is said to be a
generic name for all kinds of public ways. 6 Mod R, 255.
2. Highways are universally laid out by public authority and repaired
at the public expense, by direction of law. 4 Burr. Rep. 2511.
3. The public have an easement over a highway, of which the owner of
the land cannot deprive them; but the soil and freehold still remain in the
owner, and he may use the land above and below consistently with the
easement. He may, therefore, work a mine, sink a drain or water course,
under the highway, if the easement remains unimpaired. Vide Road; Street;
Way; and 4 Vin. Ab. 502; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. Chemin; Dane's Ab. Index,
h.t.; Egremont on Highways; Wellbeloved on Highways; Woolrych on Ways; 1 N.
H. Rep. 16; 1 Conn. R. 103; 1 Pick. R. 122; 1 M'Cord's R. 67; 2 Mass. R.
127; 1 Pick. R. 122; 3 Rawle, R. 495; 15 John. R. 483; 16 Mass. R. 33; 1
Shepl. R. 250; 4 Day, R. 330; 2 Bail. R. 271; 1 Yeates, Rep. 167.
4. The owners of lots on opposite sides of a highway, are prima facie
owners, each of one half of the highway,, 9 Serg. & Rawle, 33; Ham. Parties,
275; Bro. Abr. Nuisance, pl. 18 and the owner may recover the possession in
ejectment, and have it delivered to him, subject to the public easement.
Adams on Eject. 19, 18; 2 Johns. Rep. 357; 15 Johns. Rep. 447; 6 Mass. 454;
2 Mass. 125.
5. If the highway is impassable, the public have the right to pass over
the adjacent soil; but this rule does not extend to private ways, without an
express grant. Morg. Vad. Mec. 456-7; 1 Tho. Co. Lit. 275; note 1 Barton,
Elem. Conv. 271; Yelv. 142, note 1.
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highway
(mass) | highway
- diaľnica |
superhighway
(mass) | superhighway
- autostráda, dialnica |
divided highway
(encz) | divided highway, n: |
electronic superhighway
(encz) | electronic superhighway, |
highway
(encz) | highway,dálnice |
highway engineer
(encz) | highway engineer, n: |
highway patrol
(encz) | highway patrol,dálniční hlídka Milan Svoboda |
highway robbery
(encz) | highway robbery, n: |
highway system
(encz) | highway system, n: |
highwayman
(encz) | highwayman,lupič zastavující vozidla n: Zdeněk Brož |
highwaymen
(encz) | highwaymen,lupiči zastavující auta n: Zdeněk Brož |
highways
(encz) | highways,dálnice pl. Zdeněk Brož |
information superhighway
(encz) | information superhighway, |
state highway
(encz) | state highway, n: |
superhighway
(encz) | superhighway,autostráda n: Zdeněk Brožsuperhighway,dálnice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Highway robbery
(gcide) | Highway robbery \High"way` rob"ber*y\, n.
1. Robbery committed on the public roads.
[PJC]
2. An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in
situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to
buy the item offered.
[PJC] |
Highwayman
(gcide) | Highwayman \High"way`man\, n.; pl. Highwaymen.
One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
[1913 Webster] |
Highwaymen
(gcide) | Highwayman \High"way`man\, n.; pl. Highwaymen.
One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
[1913 Webster] |
divided highway
(wn) | divided highway
n 1: a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that
separates traffic going in different directions; "in
Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway"
[syn: divided highway, dual carriageway] |
highway
(wn) | highway
n 1: a major road for any form of motor transport [syn:
highway, main road] |
highway code
(wn) | Highway Code
n 1: the code of rules governing the use of public roads |
highway engineer
(wn) | highway engineer
n 1: a civil engineer who specializes in the design and
construction of roads and highways |
highway robbery
(wn) | highway robbery
n 1: an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these
days is highway robbery"
2: robbery of travellers on or near a public road |
highway system
(wn) | highway system
n 1: a transportation system consisting of roads for motor
transport |
highwayman
(wn) | highwayman
n 1: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn:
highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent] |
information superhighway
(wn) | information superhighway
n 1: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used
for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in
digital form [syn: superhighway, {information
superhighway}] |
interstate highway
(wn) | interstate highway
n 1: one of the system of highways linking major cities in the
48 contiguous states of the United States [syn:
interstate, interstate highway] |
state highway
(wn) | state highway
n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, {state
highway}, superhighway, throughway, thruway] |
superhighway
(wn) | superhighway
n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, {state
highway}, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
2: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used
for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in
digital form [syn: superhighway, {information
superhighway}] |
information highway
(foldoc) | information superhighway
information highway
superhighway
(Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name
coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the
emerging high-speed global communications network capable of
carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the
world. These services use satellite, copper cable, {optical
fibre}, mobile telecommunications, and are accessible via
set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)
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information superhighway
(foldoc) | information superhighway
information highway
superhighway
(Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name
coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the
emerging high-speed global communications network capable of
carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the
world. These services use satellite, copper cable, {optical
fibre}, mobile telecommunications, and are accessible via
set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)
|
superhighway
(foldoc) | information superhighway
information highway
superhighway
(Or "Infobahn", "Info Strada") The name
coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the
emerging high-speed global communications network capable of
carrying voice, data, video, and other services around the
world. These services use satellite, copper cable, {optical
fibre}, mobile telecommunications, and are accessible via
set-top boxes or suitably equipped computers.
See also National Information Infrastructure.
(2001-03-31)
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HIGHWAY
(bouvier) | HIGHWAY. A passage or road through the country, or some parts of it, for the
use of the people. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 442. The term highway is said to be a
generic name for all kinds of public ways. 6 Mod R, 255.
2. Highways are universally laid out by public authority and repaired
at the public expense, by direction of law. 4 Burr. Rep. 2511.
3. The public have an easement over a highway, of which the owner of
the land cannot deprive them; but the soil and freehold still remain in the
owner, and he may use the land above and below consistently with the
easement. He may, therefore, work a mine, sink a drain or water course,
under the highway, if the easement remains unimpaired. Vide Road; Street;
Way; and 4 Vin. Ab. 502; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. Chemin; Dane's Ab. Index,
h.t.; Egremont on Highways; Wellbeloved on Highways; Woolrych on Ways; 1 N.
H. Rep. 16; 1 Conn. R. 103; 1 Pick. R. 122; 1 M'Cord's R. 67; 2 Mass. R.
127; 1 Pick. R. 122; 3 Rawle, R. 495; 15 John. R. 483; 16 Mass. R. 33; 1
Shepl. R. 250; 4 Day, R. 330; 2 Bail. R. 271; 1 Yeates, Rep. 167.
4. The owners of lots on opposite sides of a highway, are prima facie
owners, each of one half of the highway,, 9 Serg. & Rawle, 33; Ham. Parties,
275; Bro. Abr. Nuisance, pl. 18 and the owner may recover the possession in
ejectment, and have it delivered to him, subject to the public easement.
Adams on Eject. 19, 18; 2 Johns. Rep. 357; 15 Johns. Rep. 447; 6 Mass. 454;
2 Mass. 125.
5. If the highway is impassable, the public have the right to pass over
the adjacent soil; but this rule does not extend to private ways, without an
express grant. Morg. Vad. Mec. 456-7; 1 Tho. Co. Lit. 275; note 1 Barton,
Elem. Conv. 271; Yelv. 142, note 1.
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HIGHWAYMA
(bouvier) | HIGHWAYMAN. A robber on the highway.
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