Legal Definition and Related Resources of Confiscate, Confiscation

To appropriate private property to the sovereign or the public treasury . The expropriation by the state of private property without indemnity . whereas an expropriation is the appropriation of private property for public purposes and entails a reasonable compensation to be given to the owner of the property. The essence of confiscation is the appropriation without any indemnity or compensation. It is a punitive action .

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