compulsory purchase BrE
eminent domain AmE
compulsory acquisition AusE

The Council (of children) has agreed to effect a compulsory purchase.

The concession allowed for the compulsory purchase of the land required.

Planning permission and the compulsory purchase of the land were rejected.

The order makes provision for the compulsory purchase of land along the route.

Nevertheless, the Governor felt it was necessary to buy the land through negotiation with the company, not by compulsory purchase.

Any land in excess of this maximum was subject to compulsory purchase by the government.

First, you could find someone who is interested in taking the building on should it be sold or ultimately come to compulsory purchase.

Farms and buildings still remaining in private hands were acquired by compulsory purchase.

The proposed article provided for the compulsory purchase of the minority's shares on certain terms.

In extreme cases a council can even make a compulsory purchase on an empty property.