public domain. 1. Government-owned land. 2. Hist. Government lands that are open to entry and settlement. • Today virtually all federal lands are off-limits to traditional entry and settlement. 3. Intellectual property. The universe of inventions and creative works that are not protected by intellectual-property rights and are therefore available for anyone to use without […]
Eminent Domain Clause. The Fifth Amendment provision providing that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation. See TAKINGS CLAUSE. [Cases: Eminent Domain 70. C.J.S. Eminent Domain § 72.]
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right of eminent domain 国家征用权(→eminent domain)
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in the public domain 在公共土地内；在国有土地内；不受版权或专利权的限制；不受版权或专利权的保护(→public domain)
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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:
Land granted from the public domain to an individual as a gift, usu. as a reward for services or to encourage settlement in a remote area. • The term was initially used in Pennsylvania to reward Revolutionary War soldiers. Cf. certificate land. [Cases: Public Lands 45. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 67–70.]
Eminent domain. The whole community’s benefit as a result of a taking. • It cannot be considered to reduce the compensation that is due the condemnee. [Cases: Eminent Domain 91. C.J.S. Eminent Domain § 85.]