Eminent domain

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The right to take private property for public use upon making compensation therefor. Sec 133 N. Y. 329, 28 Am. St. Rep. 640, and note, 16 L. R. A. 180, 31 N. E. 102.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary