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eminent domain

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eminent domain noun
eminent domain
noun
Learner's definition of EMINENT DOMAIN
[noncount] law
: a right of a government to take private property for public use(政府对私有财产的)征用权

eminent domain

noun

: a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction

Example Sentences

The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.
Recent Examples on the Web Eventually, the city moved to acquire the land through eminent domain, in which the value of the land would be determined at trial. Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik of the historic Alexander Farm in Pilot Knob, Texas, also spoke about how her family’s land continues to face gentrification and eminent domain by the Texas Department of Transportation. Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2022 And so much wealth has been stripped out of communities of color by redlining, redevelopment, and eminent domain. Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021 In the late 1950s, the city seized neighborhood property through eminent domain and began demolitions in the name of urban renewal, forcing thousands of residents out of their family homes. Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022 The Manhattan Beach Board of Trustees took the land in 1924 through eminent domain with plans to build a park. Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 In August 2013, the Federal Housing Finance Agency vowed to cut off mortgage lending by the mortgage finance giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in localities that used eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages. New York Times, 21 June 2022 André Fuqua, a doctoral student at the University of Texas and Carolyn’s son, said Alabama used eminent domain in 1923 to seize Moore land to build the original highway, though the family never got a dime for it. John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 31 May 2022 In 1853 the city used eminent domain to take control of the land. CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eminent domain was in 1783

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