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(divestiture) noun
attachment, confiscation, deprivation, dislodgment, dispossession, disseisin, distraint, distress, divestment, ejection, eviction, expulsion, forcible seizure, foreclosure, removal, sequestration
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(right of eminent domain) noun
compulsory purchase, condemnation, condemnation for public use, government appropriation of private land, seizure of private property for public use, seizure of property by the government, seizure of property in the public interest, taking for public use, taking of private land by the government
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appropriation (taking), assumption (seizure), attachment (seizure), condemnation (seizure), disseisin, distraint, distress (seizure), foreclosure, forfeiture (act of forfeiting), garnishment, taking
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Taking of property or rights by governmental authority, most commonly by eminent domain.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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USAexpropriation, Also known as a taking, an act by a governmental entity that substantially deprives a foreign investor of its ownership, control or economic benefit in an investment or property located in the governmental entity's jurisdiction. Expropriation may be affected in one act or a series of regulatory actions (also known as creeping expropriation). In the US, a governmental entity's exercise of its expropriatary powers is known as eminent domain. Under international law, a governmental entity can expropriate foreign assets if the:• Regulation affecting the expropriation is non-discriminatory (the regulation or law does not discriminate between foreign and domestic investors or among foreign investors.• Expropriation is done for a public purpose.• Governmental entity observes procedural safeguards.• Governmental entity pays compensation to the investors.
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
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n. Of government: the action of forcibly divesting another of a property interest, as by eminent domain.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The taking of private property for public use or in the public interest. The taking of U.S. industry situated in a foreign country, by a foreign government.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The taking of private property for public use or in the public interest. The taking of U.S. industry situated in a foreign country, by a foreign government.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.a taking of property or rights by governmental authority such as eminent domain, possibly including an emergency situation, such as taking a person's truck or bulldozer to build a levee during a flood. In such a case just compensation eventually must be paid to the owner, who can make a claim against the taker.See also: eminent domain
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.