pakkolunastus

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • eminent domain US, Philippines, compulsory purchase UK, NZ, Ireland, resumption Hong Kong, resumption/compulsory acquisition Australia, expropriation S.Afr., Canada process of taking private property for public use by paying a compensation but against the will of the owner

Etymology

Affix from Finnish pakko (forced, stump, compulsion, block of rotten wood, coercion) + Finnish lunastus.

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Finnish

lunastus

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