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Definition of Emption
1. n. The act of buying.
Definition of Emption
1. Noun. The act of buying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emption
1. the act of buying [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emption
Literary usage of Emption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"On August 5, 1805, this pre-emption claim was canceled for alleged failure to
furnish proof of continuous residence prior to July 30, 1857. ..."
2. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1860)
"General Prospective Pre-emption Law. pressed them—he had placed himself at the
head of the list of the friends of the graduation and pre-emption policy, ..."
3. The Public Domain: Its History, with Statistics by Thomas Donaldson (1881)
"The first enactment relating to pre-emption was the act of March 3, 1801, giving
a right of "pre-emption" to certain persons who had contracted with John ..."
4. A Treatise on the Public Land System of the United States: With References by George W. Spaulding (1884)
"Pre-emption Claimants; Time of Making Proof and Payment. ... Party Contesting
Pre-emption Entry to be Allowed Thirty Days after Notice of Cancellation to ..."
5. Decisions of the Interior Department in Public Land Cases: And Land Laws by William Wharton Lester, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States General Land Office (1860)
"Pre-emption Claims. I. PRE-emption GENERALLY. [The policy of securing to individuals
a preference right to purchase a limited quantity of the public land, ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"emption, yet he bad a pre-emption title or Interest In the land for whatever ...
A pre-emption claim, until perfected, Is not a title defeasible upon the ..."
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