preemption

1. n. The act or right of purchasing before others. Source: opted

2. n. The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject Source: wordnet

5. n. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) Source: wordnet

6. n. the right to purchase something in advance of others Source: wordnet

7. n. a prior appropriation of something Source: wordnet

8. The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically: (a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others. [Eng.] (b) 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. Abbott. Source: webster

9. The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically:(a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king ofbuying provisions for his household in preference to others. [Eng.](b) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularlythose of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixedprice in preference to all other applicants. Abbott. Source: adambom

10. n:100 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 Source: ecdict

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