Preemption Definition

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

"Preemption" in song lyrics

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  • "signal light preemption"
    AOL — AOL

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