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Chris -- 2025-05-10
The “imminent” threat of government’s right to take one’s land….makes this an eggcorn?
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This has been posted a few times. The indefatigable and ubiquitous Ken Lakritz seems to have been the first to notice it in this post:
#320Commentary by Ken Lakritz , 2005/04/07 at 10:59 pm
‘imminent domain’ for ‘eminent domain.’ 12k google hits vs. 800k for the original. Some users seem to invoke a sense of imminence. e.g.,
Its kind of like living on land designated for imminent domain takeover.
boards.charlierose.com/bo…
…to more quickly acquire private property through imminent domain, …and imminent domain gets them riled like nothing I have ever seen. …
www.offthekuff.com/mt/arc…
Folks are told to cut their trees and … Imminent domain is never less than imminent.
www.nantahalareview.org/i…
… the property can be acquired either through friendly negotiations or through imminent domain.
www.newberrycounty.net/ad…
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