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pre-emption

noun

1 pre-emption

The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject.

synonym: preemption.

2 pre-emption

The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property).

synonym: preemption.

3 pre-emption

The right to purchase something in advance of others.

synonym: preemption.

Dutch: voorkoop
Polish: pierwokup

4 pre-emption

A prior appropriation of something.

synonym: preemption.


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