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EXPROPRIATION

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 85 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EXPROPRIATION , the taking away or depriving of See also:

property (See also:Late See also:Lat. expropriare, to take away, proprium, i. e. that which is one's own). The See also:term is particularly applied to the compulsory acquisition of private property by the See also:state or other public authority.

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