preemptioner

noun

preemptioner

noun

Etymology From preemption + -er.

1

One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.

  • A title under a preemption claim ,writing to pay to the preemptioner a sum of Held, better than one claimed through a New money as a part of the price for which the Madrid certificate1867, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Digest of the Reports of the United States Courts and Acts of Congress:

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