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preemption

/pri'ɛmpʃən/

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noun
the right to purchase something in advance of others
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pre-emption

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right
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a prior appropriation of something
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"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

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pre-emption

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appropriation
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the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
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pre-emption

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legal right
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the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
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pre-emption

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legal principle judicial doctrine judicial principle

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