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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.
Dominium eminens – The right of eminent domain. [2] Dominium non potest esse in pendenti. – Ownership cannot be held in suspense/pendency; property cannot float in an uncertainty. [3] Dominium plenum – Full or complete ownership of an estate; "fee simple". Dominium utile – Beneficial ownership of an estate.
Eminent domain doctrine has been widely used in India since the era of Independence, with over 21.6 million people in the period of 1951–90. [30] They have been displaced with large-scale projects like dams, canals, thermal plants, sanctuaries, industrial facilities, and mining (Pellissery and Dey Biswas 2012, pp 32–54).
The legal doctrine of eminent domain (also known as compulsory purchase, resumption, compulsory acquisition or expropriation). Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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
Allodial title constitutes ownership of real property (land, buildings, and fixtures) that is independent of any superior landlord.Allodial title is related to the concept of land held in allodium, or land ownership by occupancy and defence of the land.
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff (1985) in which the Supreme Court held that the eminent domain taking of a landlord's land in order to transfer it to lessee-homeowners residing on it in homes owned by them, satisfied the "public use" constitutional requirement. Kelo v. City of New London (2005) Eminent Domain, A Truly Tri-Partisan Issue