right of eminent domain
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Another aspect of due process relates to the right of eminent domain, that is, the power of the government to take private property for public use.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
He said he would buy and string together existing roads and rights of way; because the project is private, he cannot use the state’s right of eminent domain.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2012
Pickens isn't bothered that by his invoking the right of eminent domain, Mesa has inflamed landowners up and down the route.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 14, 2011
He portrays the church less in terms of ethics than of authority, as possessing a sort of spiritual right of eminent domain.
From Time Magazine Archive
The authorship of this classic work seemed to her to secure to its writer, Manzoni, the right of eminent domain in and around Milan.
From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Howe, Julia Ward
