Eminent domain

Question 1

What is eminent domain?

Answer 1

Power of the government to take private property for a public purpose

The government is required to pay a fair price for the land taken.

Question 2

What is condemnation?

Answer 2

Judicial or administrative proceeding to exercise power of eminent domain

This process determines if the government can take the property and at what price.

Question 3

When it comes to condemnation, the courts will accept the ____ value of the property as just compensation.

Answer 3

appraised value

Question 4

Can the government exercise eminent domain even if the owner doesn’t want to part with the property?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Condemnation is a form of _____ alienation.

Answer 5

involuntary