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CONDEMN Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To find or adjudge guilty. 3 Leon. 68. To adjudge or sentence. 3 Bl. Comm. 201. To adjudge (;is an admiralty court) that a vessel is a prize, or that she is unfit for service. 1 Kent, Comm. 102; 5 Esp. 05. To set apart or expropriate property for public use, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Wulzen v. San Francisco, 101 Cal. 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am. St. Rep. 17.

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