eminent domain
Government property seizure
Eminent domain is the government's power to take private property for public use, with compensation to the owner.
Roads, schools, and utilities are built this way.
The term appears in legal and political contexts, often controversially: The city used eminent domain to seize homes for the new stadium.
The owner must be paid fair market value, though disputes over what's "fair" are common.
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- takingsMoney received, earnings
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- public useAvailable for community benefit
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
property rights · land acquisition · police power · fair market value · quick take
Permanent change of residence
- evictionForced departure from rental
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
Estimation of worth
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- noticeBecome aware of
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
relocation assistance · title transfer · surveying · right of way · easement · settlement · litigation · appeal
State's capacity to rule
- public purposeBenefit for society broadly
- municipal authorityBody governing a town
- federal powerNational government's jurisdiction
Major intercity roads
- railroadsTrain transportation systems
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- public transitShared community vehicle system
airports · dams · reservoirs · power lines · bridges · tunnels · water mains · sewers
Exceed one's capacity
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- reform movementOrganized push for systemic change
condemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- takingsMoney received, earnings
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- public useAvailable for community benefit
due process · property rights · land acquisition · police power · fair market value · quick take
relocation
Permanent change of residence
- evictionForced departure from rental
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- noticeBecome aware of
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
valuation · relocation assistance · title transfer · surveying · right of way · easement · settlement · litigation · appeal · holdout
government power
State's capacity to rule
- public purposeBenefit for society broadly
- municipal authorityBody governing a town
- federal powerNational government's jurisdiction
highways
Major intercity roads
- railroadsTrain transportation systems
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
public transit · airports · dams · reservoirs · power lines · bridges · tunnels · water mains · sewers · electrical grid
overreach
Exceed one's capacity
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- reform movementOrganized push for systemic change
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- US Lawattorney, lawyer, lawsuit, jury, federal court
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- federal powersdeclare war, interstate commerce, national defense, federal taxes, war powers
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- land historyhomesteading, homesteads, Homestead Act, land rush, land speculation
eminent domainprivate sale
Transaction without public offering
open market purchase · homesteading · gift · inheritance · bequest
eminent domaincastle doctrine
Right to defend home forcefully
adverse possession · private property rights · squatter's rights
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