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eminent domain

eminent domain. The inherent power of a governmental entity to take privately owned property, esp. land, and convert it to public use, subject to reasonable compensation for the taking. — Also (rarely) termed compulsory purchase; (in Scots law) compulsory surrender. See CONDEMNATION(2); EXPROPRIATION; TAKING(2). [Cases: Eminent Domain 1, 69. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 2–3, 71–72,

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eminent domain

The inherent power of a governmental entity to take privately owned property, esp. land, and convert it to public use, subject to reasonable compensation for the taking. — Also (rarely) termed compulsory purchase; (in Scots law) compulsory surrender. See CONDEMNATION(2); EXPROPRIATION; TAKING(2). [Cases: Eminent Domain 1, 69. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 2–3, 71–72, 198–199.]

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domain

domain (doh-mayn), n. 1. The territory over which sovereignty is exercised (the 19th-century domains of the British Empire). 2. An estate in land (the family domain is more than 6,000 acres). 3. The complete and absolute ownership of land (his domain over this land has now been settled). See EMINENT DOMAIN; PUBLIC DOMAIN.

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specialty

specialty. 1. See contract under seal under CONTRACT. 2. DOCTRINE OF SPECIALTY. 3. Eminent domain. Unique property (such as a church or cemetery) that is essentially not marketable, so that its value for condemnation purposes is determined by measuring the property’s reproduction cost less any depreciation. — Also termed (in sense 3) specialty property. [Cases:

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