A week later, the state told him it was taking his building by eminent domain.

The Authority does not have the power of eminent domain.

What has been lost in the discussion is the good that eminent domain can do.

This is subject to an urban development plan, which as of 2007 will not include eminent domain.

"But my hope is that we don't have to use eminent domain at all," he said.

"Many projects that use eminent domain are very important for the entire community."

City officials say they will use eminent domain only as a last resort.

Does that suggest the author will vote against the use of eminent domain?

One way to approach this problem is for city management to use eminent domain to claim land.

"Our opposition to eminent domain is not across the board," he said.

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.

One major component of Americanization education is the compulsory acquisition of the English language.

No law may provide for the compulsory acquisition or use of property without adequate compensation.

Its own plans involve the compulsory acquisition of everybody.

This process often involved the compulsory acquisition of firms and hence their potential closure.

The new law will apply only to the relatively small share of large farms not already designated for compulsory acquisition by the government.

The cases under Protocol 1, article 1, primarily turn on the question of compulsory acquisition of property by the government.

Moreover, it operates at any time the Commonwealth makes a compulsory acquisition of property.

Two weeks later, the government introduced a bill into Parliament to "resume" their lands under compulsory acquisition.

Section 40 prohibits the compulsory acquisition of property by the state, except in a few very restricted circumstances related to public purposes.

As a controversial issue, compulsory acquisition has been a feature of movies and other pieces of fiction for many years.