right of eminent domain
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Another aspect of due process relates to the right of eminent domain, that is, the power of the government to take private property for public use.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
He said he would buy and string together existing roads and rights of way; because the project is private, he cannot use the state’s right of eminent domain.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2012
Pickens isn't bothered that by his invoking the right of eminent domain, Mesa has inflamed landowners up and down the route.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 14, 2011
But the Government makes a special exception for farmers whose land is taken over under the right of eminent domain �to make way for a new highway, perhaps.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government makes no direct return to the citizen for the taxes it exacts, and in this respect only does taxation differ from the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
From Elements of Civil Government by Peterman, Alexander L.
