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preemption |
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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