pre-emption

Definitions of pre-emption

1. noun

   the right to purchase something in advance of others
   synonyms: preemption

   types:

   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

   type of:

   right

   an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
2. noun

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

   type of:

   legal right

   a right based in law
3. noun

   a prior appropriation of something
   synonyms: preemption

   type of:

   appropriation

   a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
4. noun

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

   type of:

   judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle

   (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence