Sentence examples for taking of land from inspiring English sources

Courts in different jurisdictions have expressed divergent opinions on whether the taking of land for a private investment can constitute a public purpose.

The episode took place in Maubin, a township in the Irrawaddy River delta, when the police tried to disperse villagers who were protesting the taking of land by a private company.

Between 1963 and 2008 Kenya experienced systematic atrocities, economic crimes, ethnic violence, and the illegal taking of land.

Nothing can justify these attacks, but that doesn't mean that the taking of land should be silently accepted.

While the museum association revealed its plans, Foe Hammerone, who belongs to a citizens' group fighting the taking of land by eminent domain, stood outside in protest.

In an interview, she said that the dozens of property owners in the area, from welding shops to shipping firms to auto businesses, could negotiate a fair sale price and that the taking of land by eminent domain would be considered only as a last resort.

The best-acronymed measure is Nevada's People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land (PISTOL).

CPRE believes that any offsetting metric should take account of land take, and require offsetting to cover an area of land (not merely what a developer judges to be 'habitat') at least equal to that developed.

In 1913 the members of the tribe were given the choice of taking allotments of land in Oklahoma or living in New Mexico on the Mescalero Reservation.

Anyone who feels aggrieved by the Minister taking possession of land or a building can lodge an objection with an advisory committee.

Following the public 1969 fire, surveys were taken of the land outside the boundaries of Rocky Flats to quantify the amount of plutonium contamination.