eminent domain

短语

支配权, 征用权 [经] (国家对一切产业的)支配权, 征用权

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    美国 不可数 法律

    The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store.

  2. 2.

    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.

    历史 不可数 法律

词源

Calque of New Latin dominium ēminēns (literally “supreme ownership”).

来源：wiktionary