Category: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)

Defn: to supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or The decision, was overruled by the court.

Overrule O`ver*rule", v. i.

Defn: to be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, god Rules and overrules. Shak.