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"compulsory purchase" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone is forced to sell their property or land to the government, usually in exchange for compensation. For example: "The government was able to carry out a compulsory purchase of the land, much to the dismay of its former owners."
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compulsory purchase
noun
Eminent domain
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Will this involve compulsory purchase orders?
They could do with a compulsory purchase order on him.
Less conspicuous was the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
However, the arguments are not based on a study of compulsory purchase in practice.
Public policy instruments such as compulsory purchase frame the relationships between authorities and those affected.
Tenants were moved out and compulsory purchase orders sent to landlords.
The law allows the compulsory purchase of such lands by the government.
They will be also be given fresh reserve compulsory purchase powers.
He hopes the local authorities will, if necessary, invoke compulsory purchase powers to facilitate the development.
She also researches and protests against Compulsory Purchase Orders across the UK.
A compulsory purchase order was issued to assemble land for the project.
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