0 a situation in which a government has the legal power to buy private property at a fair price when it will be used for something that will be of use to the public, for example a new road:
The council has already indicated that it is prepared to recommend compulsory purchase of any property necessary for construction of the new stadium.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.