Preemption

noun

/priːˈɛmpʃən/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounThe purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.

2.nounThe purchase of public land by the occupant.

3.nounThe temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.

4.nounThe displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.

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