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taking for public use — Entering upon private property for more than a momentary period and, under the warrant or color of legal authority, devoting it to a public use, or otherwise informally appropriating or injuriously affecting it in such a way as substantially to… … Ballentine's law dictionary
taking of property for public use — index condemnation (seizure) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
taken for public use — Possessed, occupied, used, and enjoyed by a public body or public agency for public purposes. Pontiac Improv. Co. v Cleveland Metropolitan Park Dist. 104 Ohio St 447, 135 NE 635, 23 ALR 866. A term broad enough to include cases in which access to … Ballentine's law dictionary
public use — Eminent domain. The constitutional and statutory basis for taking property by eminent domain. For condemnation purposes, public use is one which confers some benefit or advantage to the public; it is not confined to actual use by public. It is… … Black's law dictionary
more necessary public use — A comparative presented in certain eminent domain cases. Where land which has already been appropriated to a public use is sought to be condemned for a more necessary public use, there are cases holding that the new use must be an absolute public … Ballentine's law dictionary
taking by eminent domain — See eminent domain; taking for public use … Ballentine's law dictionary
taking without compensation — See taking for public use … Ballentine's law dictionary
use — 1 / yüs/ n 1 a: an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust; statute of uses in the important laws section ◇ Uses… … Law dictionary
Taking — A taking is an action by a government depriving a person of private real or personal property without the payment of just compensation. A government could effect this taking in several ways including:* physically occupying it and preventing… … Wikipedia
Public management — considers that government and non profit administration resembles private sector management in some important ways. As such, there are management tools appropriate in public and in private domains, tools that maximize efficiency and effectiveness … Wikipedia
