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Simple English definitions for legal terms

purchase

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A quick definition of purchase:

Purchase: When you buy something, it's called a purchase. It can be anything from a toy to a house. If you get a house as a gift or through a will, it's also called a purchase. Sometimes, the government can take away someone's property for public use, and that's called eminent domain. But they have to pay the owner a fair price for it.

A more thorough explanation:

Purchase (noun) refers to the act of buying something. It can also refer to the acquisition of real property by one's own or another's act (as by will or gift) rather than by descent or inheritance.

Purchase (verb) means to buy something.

Compulsory purchase is a rare term that refers to the power of a government entity to take privately owned property, especially land, and convert it to public use, subject to reasonable compensation for the taking. It is also known as eminent domain or compulsory surrender in Scots law.

  • She made a purchase of a new dress for the party.
  • He inherited the property from his father, but he made a purchase of another property nearby.
  • The government made a compulsory purchase of the land to build a new highway.

The first two examples illustrate the noun form of purchase, where someone is buying something. The third example illustrates the verb form of purchase, where the government is taking ownership of private property for public use.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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