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91Right of eminent domain — Eminent Em i*nent, a. [L. eminens, entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. [ e]minent. Cf. {Menace}.] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. A very eminent promontory.… …
92eminent domain — noun Date: 1738 a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction …
93Eminent Victorians — a book (1918) by Lytton Strachey about the lives of four famous Victorians. It was important because, with his other books, it changed the art of biography, by giving real opinions instead of simply praise. * * * …
94eminent domain — Synonyms and related words: angary, annexation, annexure, ascendance, ascendancy, attachment, balance of power, collectivization, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, distraint, distress, dominance, dominancy, domination,… …
95Eminent Humanist — Julian Huxley …
96eminent domain — right of a government to appropriate private property for public use …
97eminent scientist — famous scientist …
98eminent domain — noun Law the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation …
99eminent domain — noun (U) technical the right of the US government to take private land for public use …
100eminent domain — em′inent domain′ n. law the power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner • Etymology: 1730–40 …