This site is provided for by FindLaw.com. "Eminent domain," often called "condemnation," is the legal process by which a public body [is] given the legal power to acquire private property for a use that has been declared to be public by constitution, statute or ordinance. Learn more about this process and the condemnation proceedings that enforce it. (Information specific to Missouri but helpful to all.)

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)