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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preemption  \Pre*["e]mp"tion\  (?;  215),  n.  [Pref.  pre-  +  emption: 
  cf  F.  pr['e]emption.  See  {Redeem}.] 
  The  act  or  right  of  purchasing  before  others  Specifically: 
  a  The  privilege  or  prerogative  formerly  enjoyed  by  the  king 
  of  buying  provisions  for  his  household  in  preference  to 
  others  [Eng.] 
  b  The  right  of  an  actual  settler  upon  public  lands 
  (particularly  those  of  the  United  States)  to  purchase  a 
  certain  portion  at  a  fixed  price  in  preference  to  all 
  other  applicants.  --Abbott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  preemption 
  n  1:  the  judicial  principle  asserting  the  supremacy  of  federal 
  over  state  legislation  on  the  same  subject 
  2:  the  right  of  a  government  to  seize  or  appropriate  something 
  (as  property) 
  3:  the  right  to  purchase  something  in  advance  of  others 




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