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eminent domain
noun as in governments right to acquire private property for public use
Example Sentences
In its motion to dismiss, Stonewall Capital questioned BWRR’s authority to use eminent domain or initiate a condemnation.
In February, the mayor’s office used eminent domain to acquire a Wendy’s at First Street NE and New York Avenue NE, where an ill-planned intersection surrounding the restaurant snarled traffic for decades.
Not only could Georgia Power use eminent domain to condemn property without public hearings, it had the authority to build new plants nearly wherever it wanted.
The district could use eminent domain, where the government uses its power to take private property for public use in exchange for compensation, or purchase properties to get the land.
The company took her land using eminent domain, and the condemnation paperwork she received was silent on abandonment.
The oceans are now the Kings highway and he owns them by right of eminent domain.
The obligation of contracts has been declared sacred; the right of eminent domain restricted by the provision for compensation.
As to eminent domain, they possess an undefined right to determine the time and manner of ascertaining the compensation.
The right of eminent domain nowhere justifies the taking of property for private use.
As we understand the principles of our government, the states possess the right of eminent domain.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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