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[Noun] | "pre*emp*tion" | \ prē-ˈem(p)-shən \
1: the right of purchasing before others; especially : one given by the government to the actual settler upon a tract of public land
2: the purchase of something under this right
3: a prior seizure or appropriation : a taking possession before others
Origin: 1602 ;
Medieval Latin praeemption-, praeemptio previous purchase, from praeemere to buy before, from Latin prae- pre- + emere to buy {mat|redeem|};
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[Noun] | "preemption"
1: the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority;
* e.g., " ... longtime residents resented the preemption of their urban neighborhood by this influx of affluent yuppies "
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