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eminent domain

☆ the right of a government to take, or to authorize the taking of, private property for public use, just compensation being given to the owner

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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