Legal Definition and Related Resources of Expropriation

The compulsory purchase of land or other property of a person by a municipal or other governmental authority usually in return for fair compensation. The right to expropriate is vested in the state by reason of its eminent domain , and only the amount of compensation payable is a justiciable issue . See Eminent domain.

Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a railway, canal, or the like. Expropriation pour cause d’utilite publique. Id.; 1 App. Cas. 384.

The official seizure by a government of private property. Any government has the right to seize such property, according to international law, if prompt and adequate compensation is given.

A specific type of political risk in which a government seizes foreign assets.

(Divestiture), noun

• attachment
• confiscation
• deprivation
• dislodgment
• dispossession
• disseisin
• distraint
• distress
• divestment
• ejection
• eviction
• expulsion
• forcible seizure
• foreclosure
• removal
• sequestration

(Right of eminent domain), noun

• compulsory purchase
• condemnation
• condemnation for public use
• government appropriation of private land
• seizure of private property for public use
• seizure of property by the government
• seizure of property in the public interest
• taking for public use
• taking of private land by the government

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Expropriation in Historical Law

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Expropriation in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of expropriation.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Expropriation

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mid-15c., “renunciation of worldly goods,” from Medieval Latin expropriationem (nominative expropriatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin expropriare “deprive of property,” from ex “away from” (see ex-) + propriare “to appropriate” (see appropriate (verb)). Sense of “a taking of someone’s property,” especially for public use, is from 1848; as Weekley puts it, “Current sense of organized theft appears to have arisen among Ger. socialists.”

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Legal English Vocabulary: Expropriation in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term expropriation into Spanish: expropiación (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• expropriation in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• expropriation in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Expropriation

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Expropriation :

The taking by the state of private property for public purposes, normally without compensation (Compare compulsory purchase, which carries with it a right to compensation). The right to expropriate is known in some legal systems as the right of eminent domai In the UK, expropriation requires statutory authority except in time of war or apprehended war (See Royal prerogative).

Concept of Expropriation in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Expropriation: A taking, as under eminent domain. The word has come to be used in connection with a foreign location, such as a foreign government taking an American industry located in the foreign country. The word is used instead of eminent domain in Louisiana.

The seizure of foreign-held property and its transfer to control of the seizing state. proper compensation is at issue.

Concept of Expropriation in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Expropriation: A taking, as under eminent domain. The word has come to be used in connection with a foreign location, such as a foreign government taking an American industry located in the foreign country. The word is used instead of eminent domain in Louisiana.

The seizure of foreign-held property and its transfer to control of the seizing state. proper compensation is at issue.

Expropriation in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, expropriation is: confiscation by the host country of property owned by foreign nationals or taking action to nullify the value of property, usually under the guise of some public policy goal. The entries on trade policy are here. Article III of the United States model bilateral investment treaty says that parties may only expropriate an investment for a public purpose, in a non-discriminatory manner, upon payment of prompt, adequate and effective compensation, and in accordance with due process of law. Bilateral investment treaties and investment promotion and protection agreements seek to establish procedures for just compensation of former owners.[1]

Expropriationin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Expropriation” entry (OAS)

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• Enterprise
• Joint Enterprise
• Joint Venture

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Translation of Expropriation

• Spanish: Expropiación
• French: Expropriation
• German: Enteignung
• Italian: Espropriazione
• Portuguese: Expropriação
• Polish: Wywłaszczenie

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• Public sector