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Eminent domain has been used to acquire land from African-Americans for urban renewal redevelopments [25] and in other cases to dispossess them and remove them from areas where their presence was not desired by white neighbors, e.g. Bruce's Beach subdivision in Los Angeles, California. [26]
Most states use the term eminent domain, but some U.S. states use the term appropriation or expropriation (Louisiana) as synonyms for the exercise of eminent domain powers. [47] [48] The term condemnation is used to describe the formal act of exercising the power to transfer title or some lesser interest in the subject property.
Latin, meaning "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews". The Letters are also the initials of a significant sentence in Latin, namely, Igne Natura Renovatur Integra, meaning "By fire nature is perfectly renewed". I∴ P∴ M∴ – Immediate Past Master. English title of an official last promoted from the chair.
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
Current and former governors general, prime ministers, chief justices and certain other eminent persons use the style of Right Honourable for life (or le/la très honorable in French). This was originally subject to being summoned to the British Privy Council.
The Prince and Grand Master of the contemporary Sovereign Military Order of Malta is still styled His Most Eminent Highness. Styles such as "His Grand Eminence" or "His Eminent Grace" amongst others were used as well, some formalized by the Pope or other powers, such as monarchs. However, many others were simply the personal preference of the ...
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.
Eminent (disambiguation) Imminence (disambiguation) Prominence (disambiguation) "Eminence Front", a 1982 song by The Who; Éminence grise, powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially; Immanence, the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world.