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Pre-emption

noun

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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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