Definitions for: Preemption

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

Webster (1913) Definition: Pre*["e]mp"tion (?; 215), n. [Pref. pre- + emption:
cf. F. pr['e]emption. See Redeem.]
The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically:
(a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king
of buying provisions for his household in preference to
others. [Eng.]
(b) The right of an actual settler upon public lands
(particularly those of the United States) to purchase a
certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all
other applicants. --Abbott.

Synonyms: pre-emption, pre-emption, pre-emption

See Also: appropriation, judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle, legal right, preemptive right, right, subscription right

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