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pre-emption
/ prɪˈɛmpʃən /
noun
- law the purchase of or right to purchase property in advance of or in preference to others
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pre-emption1
C16: from Medieval Latin praeemptiō, from praeemere to buy beforehand, from emere to buy
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