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
It also held the right of eminent domain, which allows it to buy up any sur face property that stands in the way of its operations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike many other States, New York has never, under general laws, granted the right of eminent domain to individuals or corporations for the purpose of flooding lands to create storage ponds and develop water-power.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
