The parent mentioned Eminent Domain. For anyone unfamiliar with this term, here is the definition:^{(In beta, be kind)}

Eminent domain (United States, the Philippines), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Hong Kong), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (France, Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Spain) is the power of a state or a national government to take private property for public use. However, it can be legislatively delegated by the state to municipalities, government subdivisions, or even to private persons or corporations, when they are authorized by the legislature to ... [View More]

^{See also: Kohl V. United States | Loretto V. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.}

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