Principles of Real EstateQuestion 19 of 120
The process by which the government can take private property for public use, upon payment of just compensation, is:
a.Eminent domain
b.Escheat
c.Adverse possession
d.Estoppel
Explanation
Eminent domain is the government's constitutional power to take private property for a public purpose in exchange for just compensation, exercised through condemnation. Escheat is when property passes to the state when an owner dies with no heirs.
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