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