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Definition of Preemption

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

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

3. Noun. The right to purchase something in advance of others.

4. Noun. A prior appropriation of something. "The preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

Definition of Preemption

1. Noun. The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others. ¹

2. Noun. The purchase of public land by the occupant. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time. ¹

4. Noun. (context: law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction. ¹

5. Noun. (alternative spelling of preemption) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preemption

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preemption

preeminences preeminent preeminently preemphasis preemploy preemployed preemploying preemployment preemployment training program preemploys

preempt preemptable preempted preemptible preempting preemption (current term) preemptioner preemptioners preemptions preemptive

preemptive bid preemptive right preemptive self-defence preemptive strike preemptive strikes preemptively preemptor preemptors preemptory preempts

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