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Inverse condemnation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002743

A legal action brought by a property owner against a government entity that has taken or damaged their property for public use without formally initiating eminent domain proceedings. The owner seeks compensation for the taking, rather than the government seeking to acquire the property. This claim asserts a violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002743
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002743",
  "term": "Inverse condemnation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal action brought by a property owner against a government entity that has taken or damaged their property for public use without formally initiating eminent domain proceedings. The owner seeks compensation for the taking, rather than the government seeking to acquire the property. This claim asserts a violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/inverse-condemnation/"
}

Record 2,672 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.