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LOTERRE

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Preferred term

Date: 2005Kelo v. City of New London  

Definition(s)

  • The framers of the Constitution did not expressly address the legal concept of eminent domain, the right a government retains to take private property for public use. But the concept of the right of individuals to own and use their own property was of foremost interest to them. [Source: The U.S. Constitution A to Z; Kelo v. City of New London]

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  • Date: 2005

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RD2ZL869-1

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