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Definition of Pre-emption

1. Noun. The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject.

2. Noun. The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property).

3. Noun. The right to purchase something in advance of others.

4. Noun. A prior appropriation of something. "The preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pre-emption

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