pre-empt

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

take over (land) by legal claim for purposes of engaging in mining operations.

Obs.

Quotations

1866

"Have we as colored men the right to pre-empt ground for mining purposes ?"

2†v.

purchase or establish the right to purchase public lands by pre-emption (def. 1).

See: pre-emption(def. 1)

1869

In British Columbia there are vast districts of rich arable land which can easily be pre-empted.

1913

In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a quarter-section alongside his homestead.

1963

More than a thousand acres were pre-empted and they set to work to establish their way of life.