Acquisition of the real estate for the city development with the application of the expropriation procedure in Republican Rome

Abstract

Expropriation in ancient Rome was an institution of public law and, at the same time, a manifestation of the sovereign interference of the state in the sphere of subjective rights of an individual. It led to the removal of the most important of the most important rights in rem, ie the ownership of real estate, from a private person. However, this could only happen after certain conditions were met. First, the expropriation had to be justified by the public aim which could only be achieved thanks to the acquired real estate. Second, compensation was paid to the expropriated.