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pre-emption meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of pre-emption at MeaningMonkey.org. pre-emption meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.PRE-EMPTION noun
Definition of pre-emption (noun)
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
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- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
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- the right to purchase something in advance of others
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- a prior appropriation of something
- "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
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Source: Princeton University Wordnet