Preemption Definition & Meaning
preemption
- noun
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- the right to purchase something in advance of others
- a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
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"signal light preemption"
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- What does preemption mean?
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) the right to purchase something in advance of others a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
- What part of speech is preemption?
- Preemption is a noun.
- How many definitions does preemption have?
- Preemption has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).