"eminent domain" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Translation of the Latin term dominium ēminēns “supreme ownership”. Etymology templates: {{m|la|dominium}} dominium, {{m|la|ēminēns}} ēminēns Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} eminent domain (uncountable)
  1. (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. Tags: Philippines, US, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (government's right to expropriate private land): հանրային գերակա շահ (hanrayin geraka šah) (Armenian), գերակա հանրային շահ (geraka hanrayin šah) (Armenian), onteigening [feminine] (Dutch), pakkolunastus (Finnish), expropriation [feminine] (French), expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique [feminine] (French), Enteignung [feminine] (German), espropriazione per pubblica utilità [feminine] (Italian), wywłaszczenie (Polish), ekspropriacja (Polish), desapropriação [feminine] (Portuguese), expropiación [feminine] (Spanish), expropriation [common-gender] (Swedish), expropriering [common-gender] (Swedish), tvångsinlösen [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-eminent_domain-en-noun-IjIce45L Categories (other): American English, Philippine English Topics: law Disambiguation of "government's right to expropriate private land": 56 44
  2. (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. Tags: historical, uncountable Translations (lord's property interest in a fief or fee): oppereigendom (Dutch), domaine direct [masculine] (French), domaine éminent [masculine] (French), Obereigentum (German)
    Sense id: en-eminent_domain-en-noun-xLUwJ7Rz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of "lord's property interest in a fief or fee": 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: compulsory purchase [Ireland, New-Zealand, UK], compulsory acquisition [Australia], expropriation [Canada, South-Africa], superiority (english: Scots law)

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