condemnation

Examples

• All

• The Park Service acquires the property through donation, purchase, or condemnation, but allows the previous owner to retain use of the property for either a term of years or for life.

  Academic text (1991)

• For older farmers, the condemnation of their land and homes had profound impacts.

  Academic text (2007)

• Tell him to start the condemnation proceedings.

  In Old Chicago (1938)

• As the papers for the condemnation hearing were being prepared, a friend of Kent in the federal government suggested the Antiquities Act.

  Academic text (1994)

• On December 30, 1941, it authorized agents to take possession of the half-finished yard, the land, and other property by condemnation.

  Academic text (2009)

• After hearing arguments, Judge Lovett denied the motion to vacate the order of condemnation and further stated it was legal for the USMC to abrogate the contract with Savannah Shipyards and seize the plant.

  Academic text (2009)

• The court issued a formal condemnation of the building because it was unsafe for occupancy.

• After the condemnation of the abandoned factory, the area was cleared for a community center.

Synonyms

E

expropriation

vscondemnation

• Formal

3 9.1

The taking of private land by the government to use for a public project

is an official declaration that property is unfit or open to seizure

Antonyms

V

validation

• Specialized

75 4.3

An act of checking that something is true, correct, or acceptable

C

certification

51 4.1

An official process of checking and approving that someone or something meets rules

Compounds

G

global condemnation

1 5.8

Strong criticism from people and countries around the world

S

self-condemnation

1 7.9

To blame yourself for mistakes or failures

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology