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overruling

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overrule  \O`ver*rule"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Overruled};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Overruling}.] 
  1.  To  rule  over  to  govern  or  determine  by  superior 
  authority. 
 
  2.  To  rule  or  determine  in  a  contrary  way  to  decide  against; 
  to  abrogate  or  alter;  as  God  overrules  the  purposes  of 
  men;  the  chairman  overruled  the  point  of  order 
 
  His  passion  and  animosity  overruled  his  conscience. 
  --Clarendon. 
 
  These  [difficulties]  I  had  habitually  overruled. 
  --F.  W. 
  Newman. 
 
  3.  (Law)  To  supersede,  reject,  annul,  or  rule  against;  as 
  the  plea,  or  the  decision,  was  overruled  by  the  court. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overruling  \O`ver*rul"ing\,  a. 
  Exerting  controlling  power;  as  an  overruling  Providence.  -- 
  {O`ver*rul"ing*ly},  adv




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