Expropriation

‘This word properly denotes a voluntary surrender of rights orclaims; the act of divesting oneself of that which was previously claimed as one’s own, or renouncing it. In this sense it is the opposite of “appropriation.” But a meaning has been attached tothe term, imported from its use in foreign jurisprudence, which makes it synonymous with the exercise of the power of eminent domain, @% e¢, the compulsory taking froma person, on compensation made, of his private property for the use of a railroad, canal, or other public work. In French law. Expropriation is the eompulsory realization of a debt by the creditor out of the lands of his debter, or the usufruct thereof. When the debtor is co-tenant first place, to the lands (if any) that are in hypotheque, but afterwards extends to the lands not in f Aypothtque. Moreover, the debt must be ofa liquidated amount.

Brown.