compulsory purchase

British  

noun

1. 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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compulsory purchase

But last year, the Local Government Association said councils had highlighted that compulsory purchase orders require "considerable resources to be of any significant use in facilitating town centre regeneration".

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Instead, the state could compulsory purchase a London hotel and give MPs a room there - a truck stop for parliamentarians, if you will.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024

They were served with a compulsory purchase order and bailiffs were brought in.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023

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

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

School boards were empowered not only to acquire sites for schools under powers of compulsory purchase, but also to take transfers of existing voluntary schools from their managers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various