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compulsory purchase

British

noun

purchase of a house or other property by a local authority or government department for public use or to make way for development, regardless of whether or not the owner wishes to sell

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After being denied a compulsory purchase order, the 59-year-old said he had "lost everything".

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

They said they were subject to compulsory purchase orders but had not yet received any money.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

"We encourage people affected by compulsory purchase to take professional advice early to support their claims."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Ms Williams said her brother's farm, which is next to her own house near the quarry, was bought out under compulsory purchase because of contamination.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023

The poor, frightened country-people, therefore, hardly ventured to remonstrate at the mahouts walking off with great loads of their sugar-cane, or to object to the compulsory purchase of their farm produce for half its value.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

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