12-628: (Redirected from Pre-emption ) [REDACTED] Look up preemption or pre-emption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Preemption or pre-emption may refer to: Legal [ edit ] FDA preemption , legal theory in the United States that exempts product manufacturers from tort claims regarding Food and Drug Administration approved products Federal preemption , displacement of U.S. state law by U.S. Federal law Pre-emption rights ,
24-546: A company to buy shares offered for sale before they are offered to the public Preemption (land) , a type of land transfer in the United States, as in the Preemption Act of 1841 Preemption Line , the line dividing Indian lands awarded to New York, from those awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1786 State preemption , displacement of U.S. municipal law by state law Other [ edit ] Preempt ,
36-451: A type of bid and a bidding tactic in contract bridge Preemption (computing) , the interruption of a computer process without its cooperation in order to perform another task Preemptive war or preemptive strike Traffic signal preemption Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Preemption . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
48-451: A type of bid and a bidding tactic in contract bridge Preemption (computing) , the interruption of a computer process without its cooperation in order to perform another task Preemptive war or preemptive strike Traffic signal preemption Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Preemption . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-530: The "virgin wilderness" and building homes and farms without regard to land title. The improvements increased the value of all the nearby property. Eventually the political opposition by the speculators crumbled and the Preemption Act of 1841 was passed. The Preemption Act of 1841 was abused by speculators who now operated as money lending businesses, or were able to coerce accomplices to falsely claim they were living on land that they wanted. A common example of
72-400: The free dictionary. Preemption or pre-emption may refer to: Legal [ edit ] FDA preemption , legal theory in the United States that exempts product manufacturers from tort claims regarding Food and Drug Administration approved products Federal preemption , displacement of U.S. state law by U.S. Federal law Pre-emption rights , the right of existing shareholders in
84-660: The latter practice was in the logging industry in the upper Midwest , where mill workers who lived in mill towns made a preemption claim on timber land that would then be harvested by the mill owners. Another avenue of fraud was the Desert Land Act , which did not include the residence requirement, although the preempting claimant still needed to improve the land, primarily by providing a water source. In California, tens of thousands of acres of land were claimed via false preemptors – "dummy entrymen" – on behalf of several large land speculating companies. The Preemption Act of 1841
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108-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preemption&oldid=1223311819 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Preemption (land) Preemption was a term used in
120-405: The minimum price. Land was otherwise sold through auction, typically at a price too high for these settlers. Preemption is similar to squatter's rights and mining claims . Preemption was politically controversial, primarily among land speculators and their allies in government. In the early history of the United States, and even to some degree during the colonial era, settlers were moving into
132-410: The nineteenth century to refer to a settler's right to purchase public land at a federally set minimum price; it was a right of first refusal . Usually this was conferred to male heads of households who developed the property into a farm. If he was a citizen or was taking steps to become one and he and his family developed the land (buildings, fields, fences) he had the right to then buy that land for
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#1732848838948144-472: The right of existing shareholders in a company to buy shares offered for sale before they are offered to the public Preemption (land) , a type of land transfer in the United States, as in the Preemption Act of 1841 Preemption Line , the line dividing Indian lands awarded to New York, from those awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1786 State preemption , displacement of U.S. municipal law by state law Other [ edit ] Preempt ,
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