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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of preemption. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a prior appropriation of something wordnet
3. 3
   the right to purchase something in advance of others wordnet
4. 4
   the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) wordnet
5. 5
   the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject wordnet

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preemption

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