The forest is part of the king's private domain.
Eminent domain is the government's power to take private property for public use, with compensation to the owner. This power is typically exercised for projects like building roads, schools, or parks. Owners must be fairly compensated, but they do not have the right to refuse the government's offer to purchase the property.
"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.
Yes. No. I think you're referring to imminent domain, the right of the state to obtain private property for public use. Depending on the state in which the property is located, you should investigate homesteading laws which govern the ownership of unclaimed land.
"I saw a man trespassing my yard when I looked out my window."
It refers to the legal ability of the government to forcibly take something and use it for public good. The owner is paid for his/her loss, but has no choice in the matter. This is done primarily for infrastructure, when a road or highway is being made, but there is private property in the what which cannot be bought. Eminent Domain has been abused in some ways as well, however. For example, private property has been taken for the construction of a shopping mall, because "the mall will help the public." When an enterprise will directly profit from the seizure of something like land, it does not qualify as Eminent Domain.
The woods are her domain. The domain name is written at the top of the page.
Example sentence - He paid more for the domain name than he should have.
Everyone that owns a house has their own private property.
As far as the king could see, all of the lands were his domain. The domain name had changed for the website. Eminent domain allows governments to buy or seize lands from private owners.
It is called eminent domain when a city or government takes private property for public use. The idea is that it is for the "better good" of the community or state.
The Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to be paid for private property taken for public use under eminent domain.
That right is called eminent domain.
The state of Illinois to buy private property for public use
Since everything was published prior to 1923, the copyrights had expired and, the books have fallen into the public domain.
Inventions on which patents have expired become part of the public domain. National parks are part of the public domain of the United States.
Under normal conditions, the government cannot take private property for public use. However, there are times when they can. This is legally called eminent domain.
Only a government can use eminent domain to buy property. A private citizen can not obtain property this way.