compulsory purchase
Noun
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Noun
compulsory purchase
- (legal, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.
- compulsory acquisition qual Australia
- eminent domain qual US
- expropriation qual Canada, South Africa
- French: expropriation, expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique
- German: Enteignung
- Italian: espropriazione per pubblica utilità
- Portuguese: desapropriação
- Spanish: expropiación
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