overrule
verb
over·rule
ˌō-vər-ˈrül 
ˌō-və-
overruled; overruling; overrules
Examples of overrule in a Sentence
The judge overruled the objection.
His conviction was overruled by the supreme court.
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Should Humphrey’s Executor be overruled, however, that would mean that the unitary executive applies to Fed board members, and Trump (or any future president) would effectively gain the power to demand that interest rates be lowered.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
In the meantime, plaintiffs’ attorneys are urging their clients to stick with cases and get filings in before the year-end deadline in hopes that the opinion will be overruled.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
The Supreme Court ruled in 1975 in Train v. City of New York that the president had no power to overrule Congress by impounding funding.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Until last summer, when the Supreme Court overruled its 1984 decision in Chevron v. N.R.D.C., that case required courts to defer to the executive branch’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
In the meantime, plaintiffs’ attorneys are urging their clients to stick with cases and get filings in before the year-end deadline in hopes that the opinion will be overruled.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
The Supreme Court ruled in 1975 in Train v. City of New York that the president had no power to overrule Congress by impounding funding.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Until last summer, when the Supreme Court overruled its 1984 decision in Chevron v. N.R.D.C., that case required courts to defer to the executive branch’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Overrule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overrule. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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overrule
verb
over·rule
-ˈrül
1
: to decide against
the judge overruled the objection
2
: to reverse or set aside (a decision or ruling made by a lesser authority)
Legal Definition
overrule
transitive verb
over·rule
ˌō-vər-ˈrül
1
: to rule against
the objection was overruled
compare sustain
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