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Definition of Preëmptor
1. Noun. Someone who acquires land by preemption.
2. Noun. A bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid.
Definition of Preëmptor
1. Noun. One who preempts; especially, one who appropriates public land. ¹
2. Noun. One who preëmpts; compare: preëmptioner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preëmptor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preëmptor
Literary usage of Preëmptor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"The rights of the preemptor' in this stage are inchoate and personal, and therefore
cannot be conveyed or assigned to others.1 cases that an v agreement ..."
2. Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A by Albert Gallatin Brown (1859)
"And be it further enacted, That the preemptor may, at any time, at his or her
discretion, enter the lands preempted, by paying therefor to the proper ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1860)
"The appellant contends, that the purchaser of the land was a preemptor, and could
neither assign nor transfer his right of preemption prior to the issuing ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1884)
"In case of false swearing the preemptor was subject to a prosecution for perjury,
... Did it mean to disqualify the preemptor who had entered the land from ..."
5. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1901)
"If the buyer is about to pay with current money, and the preemptor wishes to pay
with money which is of greater value but is not current, he loses his right ..."
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