eminent domain
eminent domain
nounDefinition of EMINENT DOMAIN
: 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
See Examples of EMINENT DOMAIN
- The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.
First Known Use of EMINENT DOMAIN
1783
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