Under the Takings Clause,a "taking":
A)occurs when the government uses formal eminent domain procedures to condemn private property.
B)can only be of land,and not of other kinds of property.
C)cannot occur through government regulation that merely diminishes the value of private property.
D)cannot occur by simply an invasion of private property.

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The Takings Clause comes into effect when the government formally condemns land through its power of eminent domain,but it has many other applications as well.The Clause both recognizes government's power to take private property and limits the exercise of that power.It protects other property interests besides land and interests in land.There may be a taking when the government physically invades private property.It has long been recognized that overly extensive land use regulation may so diminish the value of property or the owner's enjoyment of it as to constitute a taking.

Under the Takings Clause,a "Taking