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EMINENT DOMAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("eminent domain" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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