preemption

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noun

1. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
• Syn:
pre-emption
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
2. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
• Syn:
pre-emption
• Hypernyms:
legal right
3. the right to purchase something in advance of others
• Syn:
pre-emption
• Derivationally related forms:
preempt
• Hypernyms:
right
• Hyponyms:
preemptive right, subscription right
4. a prior appropriation of something
- the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests
• Syn:
pre-emption
• Derivationally related forms:
preempt
• Hypernyms:
appropriation