If you own property in New Jersey, some governmental entities have the right to take your property through the process of eminent domain. They might want to clear your land to make room for a highway, park, public building or another form of development. Through...

The school district has informed you that it plans to take over two blocks near one of its high schools for an expansion project that will cost several millions of dollars. The trouble is: You and several of your neighbors have residential homes on these blocks. As...

By law in the United States, your state and federal governments can take a portion of land that you legally own. This government power is called “eminent domain.” The government can then do whatever they want with the land. They can build roads on it, designate it for...