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Definition of Expropriation
1. Noun. Taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority).
Definition of Expropriation
1. n. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
Definition of Expropriation
1. Noun. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expropriation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expropriation
Literary usage of Expropriation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of City Planning and Zoning by Frank Backus Williams (1922)
"expropriation for public use shall be by authority of justice. [ART. 2.] The courts
shall grant expropriation only when its utility has been established and ..."
2. Annual Report by Archaeological Institute of America, Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika (1889)
"APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FUND REQUIRED TO SECURE THE expropriation OF KASTRI.
DEAR SIR, — At the annual meeting of the Council of the ARCHAEOLOGICAL ..."
3. Collectivism and Industrial Evolution by Emile Vandervelde (1901)
"We may group into three categories the plans of socialization proposed by different
schools, according to their aiming at the expropriation of the means of ..."
4. The Science of Finance: An Investigation of Public Expenditures and Public by Henry Carter Adams (1898)
"The reason for declining to recognise expropriation as a phase of revenue is that
the State cannot, by any conceivable use it may legally make of the power ..."
5. The Housing of the Working People by United States Bureau of Labor, Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould (1895)
"OBJECTIONS TO expropriation. The greatest objection to the expropriation of ...
The cost of expropriation has been largely influenced by the procedure ..."
6. Elements of Political Economy by Joseph Shield Nicholson (1903)
"And this naturally leads to the consideration of the principles of expropriation
and compensation in general. 2. expropriation. — The right of expropriation ..."
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