expropriation definition

expropriation

Compulsory seizure or surrender of private party for the state's purposes, with little or no compensation to the property's owner. Governments or their agencies can effect an expropriation by making changes in legal code, tax code, or regulations such as zoning. See also eminent domain.

expropriation is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

expropriation appears in the definitions of the following terms: condemnation, confiscation and eminent domain

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