preemption
/priˈɛmpʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Noun
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
Noun
the right to purchase something in advance of others
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a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"