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expropriation
The taking over of private property by a government, often without fair compensation but usually with a legal assertion that the government has a right to do so.
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The lawyers said that all expropriations had "extensive procedural fairness requirements", including the owner's right to go to court if they were not happy.
"Your land becomes worthless - the land expropriation has gone too far," he says.
The expropriation law does allow the government to seize land without compensation, but only in certain circumstances.
The dispute over the budget is the latest sign of the sharp differences between the two parties, with the DA also challenging in the courts three other pieces of legislation - including the land expropriation act.
South Africa has previously said that Trump has misunderstood the country's new land expropriation act.
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