pre-emption warrant
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From 22 U.S. 502 - Stephens v. McCargo · 1824Most cited · 12 citing opinions
The land law of Virginia, under which all parties claim, makes a pre-emption warrant superior to a treasury warrant, whenever they interfere with each other, unless the holder of the pre-emption warrant shall have forfeited that superiority, by failing to comply with some of the requisites of the law.