| NOUN | cognition | preemption, pre-emption | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject / subject |
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| attribute | preemption, pre-emption | the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | |
| attribute | preemption, pre-emption | the right to purchase something in advance of others | |
| act | preemption, pre-emption | a prior appropriation of something |
| Sounds | priy.eh'mpshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject / subject. | |
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| Synonym | pre-emption | |
| 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 | pre-emption | |
| 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 | pre-emption | |
| 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 | |
| Verbs | preempt | acquire for oneself before others can do so |
| Meaning | A prior appropriation of something. | |
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| Example | "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" | |
| Synonym | pre-emption | |
| Broader | appropriation | A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner |
| Spanish | derecho preferente, preempción | |
| Verbs | preempt | acquire for oneself before others can do so |
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