eminent domain

Etymology
Translation of the Latin term  “supreme ownership”.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Synonyms

 * , compulsory acquisition, expropriation
 * superiority

Antonyms

 * : utile domain, inferiority (Scots law)

Translations

 * Armenian: հանրային գերակա շահ, գերակա հանրային շահ
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique
 * German:
 * Italian: espropriazione per pubblica utilità, occupazione d'urgenza
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: expropiación
 * Swedish:, , tvångsinlösen


 * Dutch: oppereigendom
 * French: domaine direct, domaine éminent
 * German: Obereigentum