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eminent domain/takings  

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  • Eminent domain refers to the legal power of a government or a private entity to which government has delegated this power to forcibly take private property from its owners. Under American law, the government's power to seize property is limited, most notably by the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Eminent Domain/Takings]

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