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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eminent domain
    n 1: the right of the state to take private property for public
         use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution
         of the United States requires that just compensation be
         made