The Before-and-After Rule in eminent domain is a practice wherein the property value is appraised both before and after the taking, considering any enhancement or injury resulting from the condemnation.
Censure is an act by a governmental agency or professional organization indicating condemnation or significant disapproval of an action by an individual or firm. Censure typically results from a material wrongdoing in the performance of professional duties.
Condemnation is the legal process by which a government or private entity with governmental powers takes private property for public use, with compensation to the owner. This is commonly associated with eminent domain.
The process by which private property is taken for public use with compensation to the owner, under eminent domain, and declarations of structures being unfit for use.
Involuntary conversion refers to the forced disposition of property, where the property owner is reimbursed for the property taken or destroyed.
Involuntary exchange occurs when property is destroyed, stolen, condemned, or disposed of under the threat of condemnation, and the owner receives money or other property as compensation.
Partial taking refers to the acquisition by condemnation of only part of the property or some property rights. It requires just compensation to the property owner for the loss incurred.
In a condemnation proceeding, relocation benefits are payments that the government must make to any occupant who is forced to move to a new location because the taking will not allow that occupant to continue to utilize the property. These benefits are not limited to property owners; tenants and other non-owner occupants are equally entitled to such compensation.
The acquisition of private property for public use under the power of eminent domain and the restrictions under police power that may preclude reasonable use of the property.
A voluntary conveyance refers to the sale or transfer of property done willingly by the owner, without any form of external compulsion or legal coercion. It stands in contrast to involuntary acts such as condemnation or eminent domain.
