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Eminent domain

Eminent domain Meaning & Definition
Eminent domain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eminent domain?

[n] the right of the state to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution requires that just compensation be made

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Related Terms | Find terms related to Eminent domain: angary | annexation | annexure | ascendance | ascendancy | attachment | balance of power | collectivization | commandeering | communalization | communization | confiscation | distraint | distress | dominance | dominancy | domination | dominion | execution | expropriation | garnishment | impoundment | impressment | levy | nationalization | overlordship | predominance | predominancy | predomination | preeminence | preponderance | prepotence | prepotency | primacy | principality | right of angary | sequestration | socialization | sovereignty | superiority | supremacy | suzerainship | suzerainty | upper hand | whip hand

See Also | legal right

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