WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
em′inent domain′, [Law.]
  1. Lawthe power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner.
  • 1730–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
eminent domain
  1. the right of a state to confiscate private property for public use, payment usually being made to the owners in compensation
'eminent domain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
condemn - domain - expropriate

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