overrule

  • 101overturn — over·turn vt: overrule Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. overturn …

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  • 102rule — ▪ I. rule rule 1 [ruːl] noun 1. [countable] an official instruction that says how things should be done or what is allowed: • The phone companies are working under new rules now. • The company broke government rules to undercu …

    Financial and business terms

  • 103decision — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, crucial, fateful, important, key, landmark (law), major, momentous ▪ It was a big decision to make …

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  • 104decision — n. act of deciding 1) to arrive at, make, reach, take (BE) a decision 2) (esp. legal) to affirm; appeal; hand down (AE), render a decision 3) (esp. legal) to overrule, reverse a decision 4) to reconsider a decision 5) an arbitrary; clear cut;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 105objection — n. 1) to lodge, make, raise an objection 2) to deal with, meet an objection 3) to overrule; sustain an objection 4) to withdraw an objection 5) a serious, strenuous, strong, violent, vociferous; valid objection 6) (legal) objection overruled;… …

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  • 106countermand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revoke, overrule. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rescind, reverse, retract; see cancel 2 , revoke . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cancel, override, revoke, repeal, recall, rescind,… …

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  • 107override — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annul (see overrule); prevail. See superiority. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dismiss] Syn. pass over, not heed, take no account of; see disregard , neglect 1 . 2. [To thwart] Syn. make void, reverse,… …

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  • 108Abrogation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Abrogation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 abrogation abrogation annulment nullification Sgm: N 1 vacatur vacatur Sgm: N 1 canceling canceling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 cancel cancel Sgm: N 1 revocatio …

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  • 109override — / overrule [v] cancel, reverse a decision alter, annul, bend to one’s will*, control, countermand, direct, disallow, disregard, dominate, govern, ignore, influence, invalidate, make null and void*, make void, not heed, nullify, outvote, outweigh …

    New thesaurus

  • 110CONFLICT OF OPINION — (Heb. מַחֲלֹקֶת, maḥaloket; Aram. pelugta; Palestinian Aram. taflugta). General Rarely did a view in the Talmud go unchallenged, since every talmudic scholar was entitled to his own opinion, even if it conflicted with that of his greatest… …

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