Reference meaning
preemption
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the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Related source terms
pre-emption
Other meanings
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
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