preemption

noun

a prior appropriation of something

the right to purchase something in advance of others

the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

Roots

praepre- · Latin · before, in front emo-empt · Latin · take, buy

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