eminent domain

[Mullins, Bill]

 Eminent domain has been in the news lately.
OED has an 1853 cite under eminent, and an 1850 cite under domain.


Paper: (Charleston, SC) City Gazette And Daily Advertiser.;  Date:
1803-11-26;   Vol: XXII;    Page: [2];
"Debate on the Louisiana Treaty"
"Colonies or provinces, are a part of the eminent domain of the nation
possessing them, and of course are national property; colonial territory
may be transferred from one nation to another by purchase; this purchase
can be effected by treaty alone, as nations do not, like individuals,
execute deeds, and cause them to b recorded in public offices; that
departnment of the government of the nation purchasing, which possesses
the treaty making power generally, is compentent to make treaties for
that purpose."