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Preemption

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003839

The legal principle that a higher level of government's law takes precedence over a lower level of government's law when there is a conflict between them. In the United States, federal law can preempt state law under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Preemption can be express, implied, or conflict-based.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003839
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003839",
  "term": "Preemption",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal principle that a higher level of government's law takes precedence over a lower level of government's law when there is a conflict between them. In the United States, federal law can preempt state law under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Preemption can be express, implied, or conflict-based.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/preemption/"
}

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