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Webster 1913 Edition
Preemption
Pre-ëmp′tion
(?; 215)
, Noun.
The act or right of preemption.
Specifically: (a)
The act or right of purchasing before others.
(b)
The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
[Eng.]
(c)
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.
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Definition 2024
preemption
preemption
English
Alternative forms
- præemption (archaic)
- præ-emption (archaic)
- pre-emption
- preëmption
Noun
preemption (plural preemptions)
- The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- (computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- (law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
Translations
the purchase of something before it is offered for sale
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the purchase of public land by the occupant
the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction
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computing: temporary interruption of a process