— Also termed adequate compensation; due compensation; land damages. [Cases: Eminent Domain 122–150. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 71–72, 86, 116–141, 144–146, 148, 151, 153, 155–156, 159–170, 172–177.]
just compensation
Under the Fifth Amendment, a payment by the government for property it has taken under eminent domain — usu. the property’s fair market value, so that the owner is theoretically no worse off after the taking.