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preempt
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preempt verb acquire beforehand, annex, appropriate for use, arrogate to oneself, assume, catch, exclude, force from, gain possession, invade, obtain, occupy, preclude, preoccupy, seize, take, take over, take possession of, usurp
Associated concepts: doctrine of federal preemption, preemption in filing, preemptive right, preemptive right of shareholders, right of preemption
See also: attach, distrain, preclude, seize, sequester
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at 13 ("The most essential distinction between preemption and prevention is that the former option, uniquely, is exercised in or for a war that is certain, the timing of which has not been chosen by the preemptor.
The "Bush doctrine": can preventive war be justified? by Delahunty, Robert J.; Yoo, John C. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
No, says Skowronek: The Clinton presidency displayed the classic characteristics of the preemptor, including the impeachment trial that virtually concluded it.
Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal by Walcott, Charles E. / Presidential Studies Quarterly
113) That Project examined all military conflicts from 1816 to 1980 (114) between recognized states involving at least 1,000 combatant casualties, (115) and defined a strike as "preemptive" if a belief by the preemptor that it would suffer an attack within sixty days was a primary motivation.
Striking a sensible balance on the legality of defensive first strikes by Sadoff, David A. / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
 
 
 
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