eminent domain

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Noun Phrase

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun eminent domain has 1 sense

eminent domain(n = noun.attribute) - 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;

is a kind of

legal right

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THESAURUS

eminent domain

angary, annexation, annexure, ascendance, ascendancy, attachment, balance of power, collectivization, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, distraint, distress, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominion, execution, expropriation, garnishment, impoundment, impressment, levy, nationalization, overlordship, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, primacy, principality, right of angary, sequestration, socialization, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, upper hand, whip hand

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