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Definition of 'eminent domain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) eminent domain
the power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner.

Etymology: (1730–40)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) eminent domain
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

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