Pre-Emptioner
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One who, by settlement upon the public land or by cultivation of a portion of it, has obtained the right to purchase a portion of the land thus settled upon or cultivated, to the exclusion of nil other persons.
Dillingham v. Fisher, 5 Wis. 480. And sce Doe v. Beck, 108 Ala. 71, 19 South. 802.