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U.S. Fifth Amendment right to compensation for property taken by eminent domain
Just compensation is a right enshrined in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is invoked whenever private property is taken by the government. Under some state constitutions, it is also owed when the government "damages" private property. Wikipedia