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pre-emption, n.
more info a prior appropriation of something
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"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
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more info the right to purchase something in advance of others
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pre-emption preemption
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more info the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
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pre-emption preemption
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more info the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
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pre-emption preemption
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