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Eminent domain [a], also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption/compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation [f], is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.
The term "eminent domain" was taken from the legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis, written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, [4] which used the term dominium eminens (Latin for supreme lordship) and described the power as follows:
The "Takings Clause", the last clause of the Fifth Amendment, limits the power of eminent domain by requiring "just compensation" be paid if private property is taken for public use. It was the only clause in the Bill of Rights drafted solely by James Madison and not previously recommended to him by other constitutional delegates or a state ...
Inverse condemnation is a legal concept and cause of action used by property owners when a governmental entity takes an action which damages or decreases the value of private property without obtaining ownership of the property through the use of eminent domain. Thus, unlike the typical eminent domain case, the property owner is the plaintiff ...
Eminent domain, the power of a state to take private property for public use; Eminent Lives, a biography series; Ranking, a relationship between a set of items
François Leclerc du Tremblay (the painting's focal point figure) depicted descending the staircase, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1873). An éminence grise (French pronunciation: [eminɑ̃s ɡʁiz]) or gray eminence is a powerful decisionmaker or advisor who operates covertly in a nonpublic or unofficial capacity.
Imminent peril, or imminent danger, [1] is an American legal concept that defines the term as "certain danger, immediate, and impending; ...
The Los Angeles Housing Authority began acquiring the land of Chavez Ravine in 1951 through both voluntary purchases and the exercise of eminent domain. In furtherance of the public housing proposal, the city acquired almost all of the land of Chavez Ravine and razed nearly the entire community over the period from 1952 to 1953.