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Example sentences for: takings

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That wisdom underlies the "takings clause" in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which says, in effect, that the government can't take your front lawn and turn it into a park without paying you for it.
The takings clause forces taxpayers to share in the cost of any taking, and so ensures that frivolous takings will meet broad opposition.