Overrule

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To declare (a court ruling or other precedent) as superseded and no longer accurate with regard to a legal question.
  • transitive verb. To reject or disallow as contrary to rules or law.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To reject or annul (a decision or recommendation, for example).
  • transitive verb. To reject or annul a decision made by (someone).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rule against; reject; pronounce to be invalid or untenable; set aside: as, the plea was overruled.
  • To have sway over; exercise rule or controlling influence over; control.
  • To influence or turn in another direction, or to another course of action, by greater authority or power: as, the accident was over-ruled for good.
  • To exercise control; prevail.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling.
  • transitive verb. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
  • transitive verb. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter
  • transitive verb. To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
  • verb. To dismiss or throw out a protest at a court.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. rule against
  • Word Usage
    "Nothing happened in the match, and in that moment, he called an overrule."
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    decree  rule  
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