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private property

noun

  1. land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The club was subjected to a complaint for condemnation, also known as eminent domain, which allows the city to take private property for public use, according to a report by The Times in 1958.

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Opponents have called it an unworkable and unprecedented assault on private property rights.

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Unfair government seizure of private property is all too common, so a victory by the Henry family in New Jersey is cause for satisfaction.

The estate is not the King's private property - it merely belongs to the monarch for the duration of their reign.

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The justices will also consider if states can ban licensed gun owners from carrying firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.

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