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Tue 24 May, 2011 01:07 am
Expropriation means the act of taking away (property, etc) for public use without payment to the owner. Is there a word for the act of taking away (property, etc) for public use but with certain payment?
@kkfengdao,
Eminent Domain is the usual term. Sometimes called appropriation.
@roger,
Sequester
In this country, land or property (for highways, etc): Compulsory Purchase.
@kkfengdao,
Quote:Expropriation means the act of taking away (property, etc) for public use without payment to the owner. Is there a word for the act of taking away (property, etc) for public use but with certain payment?
The normal procedure is to offer a price to landowners, and engage in some measure of negotiation if the people don't agree that the price is fair. Only when there is an impasse, I believe, do formal expropriation hearings move forward. They are used to allow a court to make the final decision, but I don't think that that means that the landowners forfeit the right to any previous offers made.
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