preëmptioner

Noun

preëmptioner (plural preëmptioners)

1. One who possesses the right of preëmption over certain land; compare: preëmptor.
   • …the modern preëmptioner looks with jealousy at the stranger, and imagines that the corners of sections, quarter sections, and forty acre tracts, exite his curiosity, or awaken the avarice of the speculating land hunter…1877, William Wallace Beach, The Indian Miscellany: containing papers on the history, antiquities, arts, languages, religions…, page 118
   • “If a qualified preëmptioner enter upon a portion of the public domain, with the intention to preëmpt the same, and performs all the acts necessary to perfect his preëmptive right, except the payment of the purchase price, the government may, nevertheless, at any time before the price is actually...1888, James M. Hutchings, In the Heart of the Sierras: Chapter XII: Congressional and State Enactments Concerning Yosemite, Rulings of the Supreme Courts