preemption
/priหหษmpสษn/IPA: /P R IY0 EH1 M P SH AH0 N/
noun
- 1
The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- 2
The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- 3
The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- 4
The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
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