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Public use

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004032

A constitutional limitation on the government's power of eminent domain, requiring that private property taken for public purposes must be for the benefit of the community as a whole. This concept has been broadly interpreted to include not only direct public access but also economic development that serves a public purpose. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandates just compensation for such takings.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004032
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004032",
  "term": "Public use",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A constitutional limitation on the government's power of eminent domain, requiring that private property taken for public purposes must be for the benefit of the community as a whole. This concept has been broadly interpreted to include not only direct public access but also economic development that serves a public purpose. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandates just compensation for such takings.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/public-use/"
}

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