Eminent domain

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
הפקעת מקרקעין
Name (Latin)
Eminent domain
Name (Arabic)
مصادرة الأراضي
Other forms of name
Compulsory purchase (Eminent domain)
Condemnation of land
Domain, Eminent
Eminent domain
Expropriation
Land, Condemnation of
Takings (Eminent domain)
הפקעת קרקעות
See Also From tracing topical name
Land use
Right of property
Angary, Right of
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q166332
Library of congress: sh 85042794
Sources of Information
  • Black's law dict.(take, taking, takings)
  • LIV(Eminent domain UF Takings (Law))
  • Fundamental review of the laws and procedures relating to compulsory purchase and compensation, 2000.
  • OED online, Nov. 6, 2001(Purchase 6c. Compulsory purchase: the enforced purchase of privately-owned land or property usu. by a local authority under statutory powers of compulsion)

Wikipedia description:

Eminent domain, also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, compulsory acquisition, or expropriation, is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use. It does not include the power to take and transfer ownership of private property from one property owner to another private property owner without a valid public purpose and the payment of just compensation. This power can be legislatively delegated by the state to municipalities, government subdivisions, or even to private persons or corporations, when they are authorized to exercise the functions of a public character. The most common uses of property taken by eminent domain have been for roads, government buildings and public utilities. Many railroads were given the right of eminent domain to obtain land or easements in order to build and connect rail networks. In the mid-20th century, a new application of eminent domain was pioneered, in which the government could take the property and transfer it to a private third party for redevelopment. This was initially done only on properties that had been deemed "blighted" or a "development impediment", on the principle that such properties had a negative impact upon surrounding property owners, but was later expanded to allow the taking of any private property when the new third-party owner could develop the property in such a way as to bring in increased tax revenues. Some jurisdictions require that the taker make an offer to purchase the subject property before resorting to the use of eminent domain. However, once the property is taken and the judgment is final, the condemnor owns it in fee simple, and may put it to uses other than those specified in the eminent domain action. Takings may be of the subject property in its entirety (total take) or in part (partial take), either quantitatively or qualitatively (either partially in fee simple or, commonly, an easement, or any other interest less than the full fee simple title).

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