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Definition of 'preemption'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) preemption
the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.

2. preemption
the act of preempting.

Etymology: (1595–1605; < ML praeemptiō previous purchase, der. (with L

Definition of 'preemption'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

2. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

3. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
the right to purchase something in advance of others

4. (noun) preemption, pre-emption
a prior appropriation of something
"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

Definition of 'preemption'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) preemption
the act or right of purchasing before others

2. (noun) preemption
the privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others

3. (noun) preemption
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

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