 However, once the property is taken and the judgment is final, the condemnor owns it in fee simple, and may put it to uses other than those specified in the eminent domain action.Takings may be of the subject property in its entirety (total take) or in part (part take), either quantitatively or qualitatively (either partially in fee simple or, commonly, an easement, or any other interest less than the full fee simple title).The term "eminent domain" was taken from the legal treatise "De jure belli ac pacis" ("On the Law of War and Peace"), written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, which used the term (Latin for "supreme ownership") and described the power as follows