To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Partial compulsory acquisition is where part of your property is acquired by the government for a public purpose. The law of both complete and partial compulsory acquisition comes under the How a partial compulsory acquisition is initiated Often, the first you hear about the government's plans to acquire a portion of your property will be via a letter. The letter will include a diagram of the portion of your property the government plans to acquire. It will show the new boundary they will impose inside your property, along with the