eminent domain en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of New Latin dominium ēminēns (literally “supreme ownership”).
Meanings
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(Philippines, US, uncountable) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.
The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store.
- (historical, uncountable) In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.
Antonyms
inferiority (feudal law) · utile domain (feudal law)
Synonyms
superiority · compulsory purchase · expropriation · compulsory acquisition
Translations (21)
fr domaine éminent (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) · fr domaine direct (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) · fr expropriation (government's right to expropriate private land) · nl oppereigendom (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) · it espropriazione per pubblica utilità (government's right to expropriate private land) · de Enteignung (government's right to expropriate private land) · sv tvångsinlösen (government's right to expropriate private land) · de Obereigentum (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) · pl ekspropriacja (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) · nl onteigening (government's right to expropriate private land) · it occupazione d'urgenza (government's right to expropriate private land) · sv expropriation (government's right to expropriate private land) · hy հանրային գերակա շահ (government's right to expropriate private land) · fi pakkolunastus (government's right to expropriate private land) · sv expropriering (government's right to expropriate private land) · hy գերակա հանրային շահ (government's right to expropriate private land) · fr expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique (government's right to expropriate private land) · es expropiación (government's right to expropriate private land) · pl wywłaszczenie (government's right to expropriate private land) · pt desapropriação (government's right to expropriate private land) · pl ekspropriacja (government's right to expropriate private land)