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Noun: eminent domain  'e-mu-nunt dow'meyn
  1. (law) the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made
    - compulsory purchase [Brit]

Type of: legal right

Encyclopedia: Eminent domain