Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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legal principle | Yes | No | No | No |
pre-emption | Yes | No | No | No |
legal principle (noun) | pre-emption (noun) |
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(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence | a prior appropriation of something |
the right to purchase something in advance of others | |
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | |
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |