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eminent domain
The power of the federal or state government to take private property for a public purpose, even if the property owner objects. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the government to take private property if the taking is for a public use and the owner is "justly compensated" (usually, paid fair market value) for his or her loss. A public use is virtually anything that is sanctioned by a federal or state legislative body, but such uses may include roads, parks, reservoirs, schools, hospitals or other public buildings. Sometimes called condemnation, taking or expropriation.
Condemnation
Related words: before-and-after method, eminent domain, just compensation, like-kind property, police power, scenic easement, Special benefit
A judicial or administrative proceeding to exercise the power of eminent domain; the action of the government (federal, state, local, improvement district) to take private property for public use. The agency taking the property is the condemnor, and the person whose property is being taken is the condemnee. In the taking of private property for public use, a fee simple estate or any lesser right, such as an easement, may be acquired. A common example of condemnation is the taking of an owners access to a street entrance when the county builds a highway or dedicates the area for county use.
http://www.realtown.com/words/condemnation
The power of the federal or state government to take private property for a public purpose, even if the property owner objects. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the government to take private property if the taking is for a public use and the owner is "justly compensated" (usually, paid fair market value) for his or her loss. A public use is virtually anything that is sanctioned by a federal or state legislative body, but such uses may include roads, parks, reservoirs, schools, hospitals or other public buildings. Sometimes called condemnation, taking or expropriation.
Condemnation
Related words: before-and-after method, eminent domain, just compensation, like-kind property, police power, scenic easement, Special benefit
A judicial or administrative proceeding to exercise the power of eminent domain; the action of the government (federal, state, local, improvement district) to take private property for public use. The agency taking the property is the condemnor, and the person whose property is being taken is the condemnee. In the taking of private property for public use, a fee simple estate or any lesser right, such as an easement, may be acquired. A common example of condemnation is the taking of an owners access to a street entrance when the county builds a highway or dedicates the area for county use.
http://www.realtown.com/words/condemnation
