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  1. In the USA, the right of federal and state
  2. government and other authorized bodies to
  3. compulsorily purchase land that is needed for
  4. public purposes. The owner is entitled to
  5. receive a fair price for the land. In Britain
  6. compulsory purchase gives similar powers.
  7.