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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Preemption
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(1):
(n.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
(2):
(n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
(3):
(n.) The act or right of purchasing before others.