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corporation
a charter) by a superior governing authority (as a state) and endowed with powers of local self-government (as eminent domain) ;broadly : a public corporation (as a utility) created to act as an agency of administration and local … or railroad) engaged in a profit-making enterprise that may require the exercise of powers unique to government (as eminent domain) called also government corporation publicly held corporation 2 : a business corporation whose stocks are publicly traded called
just compensation
just compensation : compensation for property taken under eminent domain that places a property owner in the same position as before the property is taken see also eminent … domain that places a property owner in the same position as before the property is taken see also eminent domain NOTE: Just compensation is usually the fair market value of the property taken. Attorney's fees or expenses are
condemn
adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3 : to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain : take con·dem·nable [kən-dem-nə-bəl, -de-mə-] adj con·dem·na·tion [kÄ n-dem-nā-shən] n con·demn·er or con·dem·nor [kən-de-mər, -dem-nȯr] n
expropriate
expropriate -at·ed -at·ing : to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain) ex·pro·pri·a·tion [ek-sprō-prē-ā-shən] n
inverse condemnation
by a landowner to obtain just compensation for a taking of property effected without a formal exercise of eminent domain ;also : the taking alleged in such an action
physical taking
occupation of private property rights by a governmental action (as building a road) that exercises the right of eminent domain and for which just compensation must be given [argued that requiring the easement constituted a physical taking] compare
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