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A compulsory purchase order (CPO; Irish: Ordú Ceannach Éigeantach, [1] Welsh: Gorchymyn prynu gorfodol) is a legal function in the United Kingdom and Ireland that allows certain bodies to obtain land or property without the consent of the owner.
Compulsory purchase only applies to the extent that it is needed for the purchaser's purposes. Thus, for example, a water authority does not need to buy the freehold in land in order to run a sewer through it. An easement will normally suffice, so in such cases the water authority may only acquire an easement through the use of compulsory purchase.
It is an offence under section 178 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to take and drive away a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or, knowing the vehicle has been taken, to drive it or be carried in it. [4] The offence is intended to be used where a motor vehicle is taken, driven away and later abandoned.
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A bona fide purchaser (BFP) – referred to more completely as a bona fide purchaser for value without notice – is a term used predominantly in common law jurisdictions in the law of real property and personal property to refer to an innocent party who purchases property without notice of any other party's claim to the title of that property ...
Buying a car for a caregiver or personal driver: If you or a family member employ a caregiver or personal driver, you may want to purchase a vehicle for use while they drive you. You can buy this ...
The other important kinds of charge that had to be registered are restrictive covenants and equitable easements, [70] a right from the Family Law Act 1996 Part IV, [71] and an "estate contract" (i.e. either a future right to buy a property, or an option to buy). [72] Without registration, those charges would be void, but once registered those ...
Land law, or the law of "real" property, is the most significant area of property law that is typically compulsory on university courses. Although capital, often held in corporations and trusts, has displaced land as the dominant repository of social wealth, land law still determines the quality and cost of people's home life, where businesses and industry can be run, and where agriculture ...