compulsory purchase

English

Noun

compulsory purchase

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

Synonyms

• compulsory acquisition (Australia)
• eminent domain (US)
• expropriation (Canada, South Africa)

Derived terms

• compulsory purchase order

Translations

government's right to expropriate private land

• Dutch: onteigening (nl) f
• Finnish: pakkolunastus (fi)
• French: expropriation (fr) f, expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique f
• German: Enteignung (de) f
• Italian: espropriazione per pubblica utilità f
• Polish: wywłaszczenie (pl), ekspropriacja (pl)
• Portuguese: desapropriação (pt) f
• Spanish: expropiación f