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1. plural of pre-emption 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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something right pre-emption advance appropriate appropriation asserting federal government judicial legislation plural principle prior property purchase seize state subject supremacy

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