On 20/02/2008, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
What term would be used to describe a government
taking over a public park
so that it could put up municipal offices?
That's "eminent domain", but this is taking the public domain for
private interest, so "enclosure" is the correct term - but this is
unlikely to be as well understood as "theft of the public domain,"
which is what it means.
- d.