Right of eminent domain

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	that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.
(Law)	See under Domain.

See also: Domain Eminent

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No references found			Lujan does not accept our offer we would use our right of eminent domain and acquire the property through the court under the condemnation process. DOT AIMS TO WRANGLE LUJA N'S LAND by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) The companies that build interstate pipelines have the right of eminent domain through federal law. Gas pipeline cases test law: suits in shale play may set precedent on ... by Hengel, Mark / Arkansas Business We did not voluntarily give up the property--it was taken from us by the right of eminent domain for the extension of the subway which the city deemed necessary. A gesture of overcoming by Day, Dorothy / Sojourners Magazine			right away Right Bank Right bower right brain Right Center right circular cone Right cone right coronary artery Right descension right face right field right fielder right gastric artery right gastric vein right hand right hander right hemisphere Right honorable Right Honourable Right line right of action right of asylum Right of drain Right of drip right of election Right of eminent domain right of entry right of first publication Right of nullification right of offset right of privacy right of re-entry right of search Right of support Right of the tabouret Right of visit right of way right off right on Right pyramid Right Reverend Right sailing Right shoulder arms right smart Right sphere right stage right stuff right to an attorney right to confront accusors right to due process right to liberty			Right Now Right Now Right Oblique Subcostal View Right Oblique Subxiphoid View Right Occipito Anterior Right Occipito-Posterior Right of Right of accumulation Right of action Right of action Right of action Right of Admission Refused Right Of Admission Reserved right of assistance entry Right of association Right of association right of asylum Right of Burial right of choice right of common right of common right of common right of common right of contribution Right of discussion Right of division Right of drain Right of drip right of election right of election Right of eminent domain right of entry right of entry right of entry right of entry Right of establishment Right of establishment Right of establishment Right of establishment Right of First Negotiation Right of first offer Right of first offer right of first offer; right of first opportunity right of first publication Right of first refusal Right of first refusal Right of Foreclosure Right of Frame Right of free association Right of free association Right of free expression Right of free expression Right of free expression right of future enjoyment right of future possession Right of habitation Right of initiative Right of initiative Right of initiative Right of Landing Fee Right of Last Refusal

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