allocation of replotted land; government acquisition of land by substitution or compensation
A legal term used in Japanese land readjustment projects. Refers to the administrative act of assigning a new, replotted parcel of land to the original landowner in exchange for their contributed land, often involving a reduction in area to provide public facilities.
In land readjustment projects, the rights to the new land are finalized through the allocation of replotted land.
After the public notice of the replotting disposition, the owner must use the designated replotted land.
The broader land readjustment project under which 換地処分 is carried out.
Refers to the replotted land itself, while 換地処分 is the administrative disposition that allocates it.
Compound of 換地 (replotted land) and 処分 (disposition, disposal). The term is specific to Japanese land readjustment law.