Preemption or pre-emption may refer to:

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  • 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 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

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