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compulsory purchase

compulsory purchase noun: the power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.

Noun

compulsory purchase

  1. (Ireland, UK) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.

Synonyms of compulsory purchase

Words formed from compulsory purchase

Questions about compulsory purchase

What does compulsory purchase mean?
Compulsory purchase means the power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.
What part of speech is compulsory purchase?
Compulsory purchase is a noun.

Words near compulsory purchase in the dictionary

  1. compulsoriness
  2. compulsory
  3. compulsory acquisition
  4. compulsory education
  5. compulsory heterosexuality
  6. compulsory purchase
  7. compulsory purchase order
  8. compulsory purchase orders
  9. compulsoryness
  10. compunct
  11. compunction

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