"The city used eminent domain to take over my grandfather's farm and use it as a watershed area."
"The state acquired the property for the freeway under the principle of eminent domain."
* Eminent Domain is the power of the State to take over private property for a public use with payment of compensation to owner. The Supreme Court held in Kelo vs. City of New London that re-developing an area with a shopping mall could be considered a "public use." Eminent Domain is very broadly intrepreted in favor of the State.
The city government invoked eminent domain to acquire the land needed for the new highway project.
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to free states or Canada.
In colonial Latin America, the encomienda system granted conquistadors land and Native American labor for their services to the Spanish crown.
"The Decalogue is another term for the Ten Commandments found in the Bible, outlining moral and ethical guidelines for believers to follow."
Which privy? If using privy as in possession of knowledge: I'm not privy to those details. If privy as in a British term for an outhouse: John has been in the privy so long I've begun to wonder if he has fallen in.
the word 'privy means included, so you cansay for ins tance:: I was privy to the conversation between the President and the Queen!" Also "privy" was a slang term used in England for toilet
That is the correct spelling of the legal term "eminent domain" (local authority over land ownership and use).
Eminent domain refers to the government's right to take ownership of personal property for public use and to compensate the owner (usually unfairly) for it.
The legal term is "eminent domain". The power is derived from the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution. ...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
A taking by Eminent Domain.
Even among eminent scientists, the long-term effects of global warming are debated.
I think it falls under the common law of eminent domain.
It is entirely possible to write a sentence using the term 'it is'.
the people elected the Parliament for the parliamentary democracy (i know its not the best sentence but its still a sentence using the term)
A group of eminent scientists met to discuss long-term changes in Earth's climate.He was excited to meet the eminent jurist who had argued before the Supreme Court.(*not to be confused with imminent, meaning coming soon or about to occur)
When the transfer is by deed or grant the recipient is called the grantee.An interest in property can also be transferred by will, by intestate succession, by a court order, by a tax taking and by an eminent domain taking.
I ate dinner on a plate.
He is known to be a benign supervisor.