pre-emption

English Thesaurus

1. a prior appropriation of something (noun.act)

hypernym	:	appropriation,
definition	:	a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner (noun.act)

2. the right to purchase something in advance of others (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	right,
definition	:	an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	preemptive right,
definition	:	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 (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	subscription right,
definition	:	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 (noun.possession)

3. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	legal right,
definition	:	a right based in law (noun.attribute)

4. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle,
definition	:	(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

5. a prior appropriation of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	preempt, preempt,
definition	:	acquire for oneself before others can do so (verb.possession)

derivation	:	preempt, preempt,
definition	:	acquire for oneself before others can do so (verb.possession)