pre-emption
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pre-emption
(prɪˈɛmpʃən)n
1. (Law) law the purchase of or right to purchase property in advance of or in preference to others
2. (Law) international law the right of a government to intercept and seize for its own purposes goods or property of the subjects of another state while in transit, esp in time of war
[C16: from Medieval Latin praeemptiō, from praeemere to buy beforehand, from emere to buy]
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| Noun | 1. | pre-emption - the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle - (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| 2. | pre-emption - the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) legal right - a right based in law | |
| 3. | pre-emption - the right to purchase something in advance of others right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" preemptive right - the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest 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 | |
| 4. | pre-emption - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" |
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pre-emption
[priːˈempʃən] N1. (Mil) → prevención f, anticipación f
2. (Jur) → derecho m preferencial (de compra)
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pre-emption
n → Zuvorkommen nt
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