overrule definition

overrule

Higher court's act of overturning or setting aside a lower court's judgment in an earlier case to prevent its use as a precedent. See also reversal.

overrule is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

overrule appears in the definitions of the following terms: overturn and reversal

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