Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition compulsory  purchase resumption ... The most common uses of property taken by eminent  domain have been for roads, government ... taken. But in practice courts have  limited compensation to the property's fair market value, considering its highest  and best use.
Fair market value of a parcel of property that must be paid to a land owner ... In  the United States, this power of eminent domain is held by 51 different ...  However, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution places an ... says , in part: “…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just  compensation.
The just compensation provision of the Fifth Amendment did not ... does not need  to take into account any speculative schemes in which ... privately owned land for  private commercial development on behalf of private developers. ... saying that " the city has carefully formulated a development ...
NATIONAL EMINENT DOMAIN POWER Overview ''The Fifth Amendment to the  Constitution says 'nor shall private property be taken for public use, without. ...  Explicit in the just compensation clause is the requirement that the taking of  private ... Direct transfer of land from lessors to lessees was permissible, the  Court held, ...
Eminent domain is the power of government to take private land for public use. ...  This power is limited by the federal Constitution and by state constitutions ...  matter, with the government providing the landowner a fair price, and the  landowner ... "[N]or shall private property be taken for public use, without just  compensation.
Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.