Preemption

Preemption

Preemption or pre-emption may refer to:

Legal

  • Federal preemption, displacement of U.S. state law by U.S. Federal law
  • "Preemption" is also sometimes used in the United States to refer to the displacing effect state laws might have on ordinances enacted by municipalities, especially in the context of alcoholic beverage laws, gun laws, and in the area of FDA approved pharmaceuticals.
  • Preemption, a type of land transfer in the United States, as in the Preemption Act of 1841
  • Preemptive arrest
  • Preemption Line, the line that divided the Indian lands of western New York State, that had been awarded to New York from those that had been awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Treaty of Hartford of 1786
  • Pre-emption rights, the right of existing shareholders in a company to buy shares offered for sale before they are offered to the public
  • FDA Preemption, legal theory in the United States that exempts product manufacturers from tort claims regarding Food and Drug Administration approved products
  • Pre-emption (Dominion Land Survey), a purchase right given to settlers under the 1872 Dominion Lands Act

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  • PRÉEMPTION — Faculté conférée à une personne, par la loi ou par un contrat, d’acquérir un bien par préférence à une autre. Les codes de certains pays étrangers ont des dispositions générales sur la préemption (Allemagne fédérale, Autriche). En France, cette… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • preemption — pre·emp·tion /prē emp shən/ n [Medieval Latin praeemption praeemptio previous purchase, from praeemere to buy before] 1 a: the right of purchasing before others: preemptive right b: a right to purchase a tract of public land before others that… …   Law dictionary

  • Preemption — Pre*[ e]mp tion (?; 215), n. [Pref. pre + emption: cf. F. pr[ e]emption. See {Redeem}.] The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically: (a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • preemption — ☆ preemption or pre emption [prē emp′shən ] n. [< ML preemptus, pp. of preemere, to buy beforehand < L prae , before (see PRE ) + emere, to buy (see REDEEM)] 1. the act or right of buying land, etc. before, or in preference to, others; esp …   English World dictionary

  • preemption — /priyem(p)shan/ Doctrine adopted by U.S. Supreme Court holding that certain matters are of such a national, as opposed to local, character that federal laws preempt or take precedence over state laws. As such, a state may not pass a law… …   Black's law dictionary

  • preemption — /pree emp sheuhn/, n. the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others. Also, pre emption. [1595 1605; < ML praeëmpt(us) bought beforehand (ptp. of praeëmere) + ION. See PRE , EMPTOR] * * * U.S. policy that allowed the …   Universalium

  • Préemption — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Ne doit pas être confondu avec péremption. La préemption peut désigner: En informatique, la préemption est la capacité d un système d exploitation… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • préemption — (pré an psion) s. f. Action d acheter d avance.    Droit de préemption, droit qui consiste à pouvoir prendre ou revendiquer parfois un objet avant toutes autres personnes. •   Il y a des cas où certains propriétaires ont le droit de préemption… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • PRÉEMPTION — n. f. Action d’acheter d’avance. Droit de préemption, Droit de prendre ou de revendiquer en payant un objet avant toute autre personne. Il se dit, en termes d’Administration, du Droit que la douane revendique, d’acheter, au prix déclaré, une… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • preemption — preempt pre‧empt [priːˈempt] also pre empt verb [transitive] to make what someone else has planned to do or say unnecessary, impossible, or ineffective by doing or saying something first: • The salesperson may try to pre empt the customer s… …   Financial and business terms

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