eminent domain

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. Philippines,US,uncountable
    — The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store.
  2. 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. historical,uncountable

词汇关系

近义词
compulsory purchase compulsory acquisition expropriation superiority
反义词
utile domain inferiority

词源

Calque of New Latin dominium ēminēns (literally “supreme ownership”).
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