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Meaning of Emption

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Emption - The act of buying.
Ademption - The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.
Coemption - The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
Diremption - A tearing apart; violent separation.
Exemption - The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
Peremption - A quashing; a defeating.
Preemption - The act or right of purchasing before others.
Preemption - The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
Preemption - The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Re-demption - The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
Re-demption - The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.
Re-demption - Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
Re-demption - The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
Ademption - The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.
Coemption - The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
Diremption - A tearing apart; violent separation.
Exemption - The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
Peremption - A quashing; a defeating.
Preemption - The act or right of purchasing before others.
Preemption - The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
Preemption - The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
Re-demption - The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
Re-demption - The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.
Re-demption - Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
Re-demption - The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.