(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
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Eminent Domain
The right of the government to expropriate private property.
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(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.A joining; a joint.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.Dead.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.possession of controlled substances
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.of Lie
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The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the mem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: right, government, expropriate, private, property.Releasing from slavery or custody.
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