preemption

Etymology
From, from , from  +.

Noun

 * 1) An act or process that preempts; a  or forestalling action; as:
 * 2) The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
 * 3) The purchase of public land by the occupant.
 * 4)  The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
 * 5)  The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.

Derived terms

 * preempt

Translations

 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian: preče pravo kupovine, pravo prvokupa


 * Spanish: preempción,, primacía


 * German: Präemption
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: