NOUN | cognition | pre-emption, preemption | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject / subject |
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attribute | pre-emption, preemption | the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | |
attribute | pre-emption, preemption | the right to purchase something in advance of others | |
act | pre-emption, preemption | a prior appropriation of something |
Meaning | The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject / subject. | |
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Synonym | preemption | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
Meaning | The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property). | |
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Synonym | preemption | |
Broader | legal right | A right based in law |
Spanish | derecho de prioridad | |
Catalan | dret de prioritat |
Meaning | The right to purchase something in advance of others. | |
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Synonym | preemption | |
Narrower | preemptive right | The right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock |
subscription right | The right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public | |
Broader | right | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
Spanish | adquisición preferente | |
Catalan | adquisició preferent |
Meaning | A prior appropriation of something. | |
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Synonym | preemption | |
Broader | appropriation | A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner |
Spanish | derecho preferente, preempción |
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