EMINENT DOMAIN


Meaning of EMINENT DOMAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1738

: a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.