Preemption
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Framework senses
- §1
- a prior appropriation of something
- §2
- the right to purchase something in advance of others
- §3
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- §4
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject