2. Noun. (plural of preëmptor) ¹
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Definition of Preemptors
1. preemptor [n] - See also: preemptor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preemptors
Literary usage of Preemptors
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 (1887)
"It is further alleged that all the said supposed preemptors are fictitious persona,
and their names are fictitious names, and tlmt the suo- posed names thai ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"They were paid as public moneys by preemptors, as a consideration for title to
portions of the public domain. If any objection could be raised to the ..."
3. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1900)
"It bestows upon the company large tracts of coal lands at one-sixteenth of the
minimum price required from ordinary preemptors. It also relieves the company ..."
4. Speeches on Political Questions [1850-1868] by George Washington Julian (1872)
"The parties on the one side were preemptors, claiming title as such under the
laws of the United States. The chief party on the other side was a perfectly ..."
5. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1908)
"Whilst it reduces the price of the land to existing preemptors to 62 J^ cents
per acre and gives them a credit on this sum for two years from the present ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"They also testified that they never knew nor heard of persons by the names of
the alleged preemptors, nor of the persons whose names were used in the ..."
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