pre-emption

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1. n. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject Source: wordnet
2. n. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) Source: wordnet
3. n. the right to purchase something in advance of others Source: wordnet
4. n. a prior appropriation of something Source: wordnet
5. n the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject n the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) n the right to purchase something in advance of others n a prior appropriation of something Source: ecdict

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