Assertion: preemption | /r/HasProperty | emption
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text: preemption n 1: the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject [syn: {preemption}, {pre-emption}] 2: the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
text: [syn: {preemption}, {pre-emption}] 3: the right to purchase something in advance of others [syn: {preemption}, {pre-emption}] 4: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" [syn: {preemption}, {pre- emption}]
text: [syn: {preemption}, {pre-emption}] 3: the right to purchase something in advance of others [syn: {preemption}, {pre-emption}] 4: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" [syn: {preemption}, {pre- emption}]