expropriação por utilidade pública
Published 5 November 2026, 06:07
expropriação por utilidade pública (compulsory purchase for public use)
The state or a municipality takes property from its owner for a public need — roads, schools, regenerating a neighbourhood — and pays compensation for it. Public use is declared in a separate decision, and if there is a dispute, the court sets the amount of compensation.
Where you come across it. Road building or a city housing renovation programme.
Compensation is neither a gift nor the market price from a listing: it is calculated according to set rules, and the amount has to be contested separately.