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Definition of Overruled
1. overrule [v] - See also: overrule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overruled
Literary usage of Overruled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Therefore both of these cases must now be considered, or understood, as having
been overruled and no longer as precedents. They have never been approved in ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The court overruled the objection and allowed the testimony of Anderson touching
the admissions of Powell subsequent to the sale, u to the agreement made ..."
3. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902. House. [from old catalog] (1902)
"which was construed to he lawful within their jurisdiction, and the court overruled
it, although holding that it was a lawful order. Mr. MANN. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"And even this directory occasionally, as in the matter of Lauderdale, found itself
overruled by Charles's arbitrary October, Shaftesbury had been abruptly ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1822)
"... stating about thirty two acres to be and the party Injured left without remedy;
the plea, therefore, was overruled per Lord Chancellor, to stand for an ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"However, the Court overruled the objection, because the trial was by consent,
otherwise it might have been valid. The Queen's Bench was ambulatory for ages, ..."
7. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1874)
"Where demurrer is overruled. See "Decision on Issue of Law,"(ante, 696, art.
2, § 3,) where the rules relating to judgment on demurrer are stated in full, ..."
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