TAKINGS CLAUSE

By SovConn | March 23, 2015

Takings Clause.The Fifth Amendment provision that prohibits the government from taking
private property for public use without fairly compensating the owner. — Also termed Just Compensation Clause. See EMINENT DOMAIN. [Cases: Eminent Domain 69, 70. C.J.S.
Eminent Domain §§ 71–72, 198–199.]
[Blacks Law 8th]

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