📚 noun • entry_id 28246
eminent domain
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expropiación
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.
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