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Definition of Overruling
1. a. Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.
Definition of Overruling
1. Verb. (present participle of overrule) ¹
2. Noun. The situation where something is overruled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overruling
1. overrule [v] - See also: overrule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overruling
Literary usage of Overruling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walker's Errors in Civil Proceedings: Being the Errors in Civil Proceedings by William Slee Walker (1917)
"overruling demurrer to answer cured by amending it, 3J. ... overruling demurrer
to count where affirmative charge given thereon for defendant, lOc. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"There was evidence to support the verdict, which has the approval of the trial
judge, and for no reason assigned did the court err in overruling the motion ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"In overruling the motion for leave to withdraw the replication and file a new
one, the court exercised its discretion, and the reason assigned ae ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"So far as the defense rests upon these principles we find no difficulty in
overruling it. We are of the opinion that this court has not the power to direct ..."
5. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1862)
"... arising in a casein which the master and slave have, without any voluntary
action on the part of the master, or by some overruling physical necessity, ..."
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