eminent domain

English

Translation of the Latin term dominium ēminēns “supreme ownership”.

eminent domain (uncountable)

(law, US, Philippines) 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) 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.

compulsory purchase (UK, Ireland, New Zealand), compulsory acquisition (Australia), expropriation (Canada, South Africa)
superiority (Scots law)

government's right to expropriate private land

Armenian: հանրային գերակա շահ (hanrayin geraka šah), գերակա հանրային շահ (geraka hanrayin šah)
Dutch: onteigening (nl) f
Finnish: pakkolunastus (fi)
French: expropriation (fr) f, expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique f
German: Enteignung (de) f
Italian: espropriazione per pubblica utilità f
Polish: wywłaszczenie (pl), ekspropriacja (pl)
Portuguese: desapropriação (pt) f
Spanish: expropiación f
Swedish: expropriation (sv) c, expropriering (sv) c, tvångsinlösen c

lord's property interest in a fief or fee

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