inverse condemnation
- A situation where governmental action so greatly damages a property's usefulness that it is indistinguishable from the complete seizure of the property
- The highway expansion resulted in inverse condemnation of John's farm.
- The city was accused of inverse condemnation when their construction project left the motel inaccessible.
- Their vineyard became worthless when the dam construction led to inverse condemnation.
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