Usually means: Government power to take property.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. eminent domain: Merriam-Webster
  2. eminent domain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eminent domain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eminent domain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eminent domain: Vocabulary.com
  6. eminent-domain: Wordnik
  7. eminent domain: Wiktionary
  8. eminent domain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. eminent domain: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. eminent domain: Dictionary.com
  11. Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels), Eminent Domain (The Killing), Eminent Domain (film), Eminent Domain, Eminent domain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. eminent domain: Rhymezone
  13. eminent domain: FreeDictionary.org
  14. eminent domain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. eminent domain: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. eminent domain: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. eminent domain: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. eminent domain: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  10. MonsterMoving Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  13. Eminent Domain: Investopedia
  14. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  15. eminent domain: Legal dictionary
  16. eminent domain: Financial dictionary
  17. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  18. Eminent domain: WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eminent domain: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Political (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eminent domain: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eminent domain)

noun:  (law, US, Philippines) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.
noun:  (historical) In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.

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