1. The taking of private land for public use by a municipal or other government body through a court action under the principal of Eminent Domain. 2. An order made by a health or building department barring the use of a dangerous or hazardous property.
The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use, paying the owners a fair price. (See eminent domain.)
The taking of private property for public use without the consent of the owner, but only upon payment of just compensation.
In real property law, condemnation is the process by which property of a private owner is taken by an authorized entity for public use without the owner's consent, conditioned upon the award and payment of just compensation to the owner.
A legal process that allows a government entity to acquire title to property for a public purpose, which, in the case of brownfields, can include removing an unused or potentially contaminated site. Once the property has been condemned, the government entity can destroy any buildings and offer the site for private redevelopment.
A term used interchangeably with “eminent domain” to denote the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use with compensation to the owner. When the property is taken for public use the reasonable value of the property must be paid the owner.
The legal seizure of property by the government via eminent domain.
By the right of eminent domain, the process of taking over private property for use by the public.In this process, the property owner is given fair reimbursement or compensations for the inconvenience.
The act of taking private property for public use, through due process under the right of Eminent Domain, with compensation to the owner.
The exercise of a governmental power which results in the taking of property by a governmental agency for public purposes.
Exercise of the power of eminent domain, i.e., taking property for a public purpose on payment of just compensation. Also, declaration under the police power that a structure is unsafe or unfit for use. In the latter case, a structure can be condemned without payment of compensation.
A governments determination that certain property has to be given up for the government good, with reasonable compensation.
The taking of private property for public use upon payment of just compensation to the owner under the right of eminent domain. Governmental units, railroads and utility companies have the right to condemn property.
The acquisition of property by the state or some other public authority. Government entities have the right to take private property for some public purpose, with or without the agreement of the property owner. When property is “condemned” as the result of state action, it is taken over by the state, and the owner is compensated. Note that the legal meaning of “condemnation” varies from the generally meaning of the term, which means to “officially judge unfit for use.
The legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without the owner's consent, but upon the award and payment of just compensation.
The process by which private property is taken by a governmental agency for public use without consent of the owner, but only upon payment of just compensation. See also "Eminent Domain".
(law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)
a forced sale, the owner being the seller and the condemning authority being the buyer
County declaration of unsafe property
The process by which property of a private owner is taken, with or without consent, for the public use. Fair compensation must be paid.
A judicial or administrative process under eminent domain through which a house is deemed uninhabitable or unusable because of internal damage or other external conditions, and the government takes the privately owned land for public use in exchange for just compensation.
The seizure of property that is no longer habitable or seized for public use.
The taking of private property for a public purpose, with compensation to the owner under the right of eminent domain.
A judicial or administrative proceeding to exercise the power of eminent domain, through which a government agency takes private property for public use and compensates the owner.
(1) The lawful taking of private land for public use by a government under its right of eminent domain. (2) A declaration by a governmental agency that a building is unfit for use.
Taking of private property for a public use through exercise of the power of EMINENT DOMAIN. The Constitution protects against taking without fair compensation.
1. taking private property for public use with compensation to the owner under eminent domain. Used by governments to acquire land for streets, parks, schools, etc., and by utilities to acquire necessary property. 2. declaring a structure unfit for use. Example: The state health department, acting through its condemnation powers, prevented use of an old, dilapidated shack because of violations of the housing code.
The taking of property by a public authority. The property is condemned as the result of legal action and the owner is compensated by the public authority. The power to condemn property is known as the right of eminent domain.
Taking private property for public use through court proceedings.
The exercise of the power of eminent domain by which property is taken for a public use upon payment of just compensation. Condemnation can also refer to the condemning of unsafe structures.
The taking of private property for public use, with adequate compensation to the owner, under the right of eminent domain.
Taking of private property for the public use. Also called the Power of Eminent Domain.
The right, as stated within the U.S. Constitution, of the government to take property for the public good and upon the payment of just compensation to the property owner.
When a building or structure is considered unfit for use.
A declaration by governing powers that a structure is unfit for use.
The process of taking private property, without the consent of the owner, by a governmental agency for public use through the power of eminent domain. See also " Eminent Domain".
Either a judicial or administrative proceeding to exercise the power of eminent domain, i.e., the power of the government to take private property for public use.
The act of taking private property for public use through the government's exercise of eminent domain, just compensation or fair market value to be paid; The declaration that a structure is unfit for use.
The official process by which a property is deemed to be uninhabitable or unusable due to internal damage or other external conditions.
1. Using private property for public use while providing a considerable amount of compensation (usually money) to the owner. The land in turn is usually used for schools, streets and other community projects. 2. A home in violation of housing codes and consequently goes under government regulation.
Process for a government agency to take a parcel of land.
The taking of private property for public use under the right of eminent domain with just compensation paid the owner.
1. Legal process in which a government acquires private property for public use. 2. A declaration by a government agency that a property is unfit for use.
Legal process by which government invokes its powers of eminent domain and takes privately owned property for public use, paying owners just compensation. Also, act of judicially pronouncing someone guilty. Usually called conviction.
The exercise of the power of Eminent Domain, i.e., the taking of property for a public use upon payment of just compensation; also refers to Condemnation of unsafe structures under the Police Power.
a court action saying a property is unfit for use; also, the government taking private property to use for the public by the right of eminent domain.
Taking private property for public use through court action, under the right of eminent domain, with compensation to the owner.
The taking of private property for public purposes. Condemnation can take place when a building is unfit for habitation, or when needed for a public use.
The lawful taking of private property for public use by a government body, without the consent of the owner, with payment of compensation. Also see “Condemnation award,” “Involuntary conversion,” and “Loss.
A determination by a governmental agency that a particular building is unsafe or unfit for use.
The taking of private property by the government for public use - as for a street or a storm drain - upon making just compensation to the owner. This right or power of government to take property for a necessary public use is called "eminent domain."
The process the government uses to take private property for public use without the consent of the owner.
The act of taking private property for public use by a political subdivision; declaration that a structure is unfit for use.
(or, Expropriation) the act of changing status of property as part of a government's exercise of eminent domain.
The process used to practice eminent domain.
In real property law, the process by which property of a private owner is taken for public use, with just compensation to the owner. Condemnation occurs under the right of eminent domain.
The seizure of property by a public figure, who in turn compensates the owner. The power to condemn property is known as the right of eminent domain.
When the government uses its power to take private land for public use. The government can use its power to take over your land, but it must pay you a fair price for the property, as well as the moving costs. The government's right to condemnation is called eminent domain, which is spelled out in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Just like in the movies, condemnation occurs when the government wants to lay down railroad tracks, build highways or construct public housing. A property can also be condemned because its run down or damaged and dangerous to live in.
The act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging by a government to be unfit for use.
The determination that a building is not fit for use or is dangerous and must be destroyed; the taking of private property for a public purpose through an exercise of the right of eminent domain.
The taking of private real property for a public purpose under the right of eminent domain for a fair price.
It is the taking of private property for public use by the government through the exercise of eminent domain. The result is a declaration that a structure is unfit for use. The property owner is entitled to compensation which is typically the fair market value at the time of the taking.
(1) Declaration that a building is unfit for use or is dangerous and must be destroyed; (2) Taking of private property for a public use (such as a park, street or school) through an exercise of the right of eminent domain .
The taking of private property for public purpose by a government under the right of eminent domain. Also, the determination that a building is not fit for use or is dangerous and must be destroyed.
Process used by the government to take private property, without the consent of the owner, for the use of the public.
A category of property existing in some states, in which all property (except property specifically acquired by husband or wife as separate property) acquired by a husband and wife, or either, during marriage is owned in common by the husband and wife.
The process by which private property is taken for public use without consent of the owner, but upon the award or payment of compensation (eminent domain). 2) The process of declaring property unfit for use.
