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compulsory purchase

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compulsory purchase
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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The company made a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on 15 sites.
OSCAR-winning actress Tilda Swinton yesterday called plans by Donald Trump to compulsory purchase homes on the Menie Estate as "industrial bullying".
Aberdeenshire Council refused to rule out imposing compulsory purchase orders on four residents refusing to sell up to make way for the tycoon's development on the Menie estate.
 
 
 
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