Supersede, means 'to take the place of by reason of superior right, to make useless by superior power, to replace, to set aside, Food Inspector v. Hameed, (1983) Ker LT 901: (1983) FAJ 443: (1984) 1 FAC 41.
The word 'supersede' in law, means 'obliterate, set aside, annul, replace, make void or inefficacious or useless, repeal', Calcutta Municipal Corporation v. Pawan Kumar Saraf, AIR 1999 SC 738 (740): (1999) 2 SCC 400. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, s. 13(3)(5) Proviso]
1. To annual, make void, or repeal by taking the place of 2. To invoke or make applicable the right of supersedeas against an award of damages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1452.