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Overruling

Overruling, is an act of superior jurisdiction. A precedent overruled is definitely and formally deprived of all authority. If

overrule

overrule 1 : to rule against [the objection was overruled] compare sustain 2 a : to rule against upon

Overrule

Overrule, to set aside the authority of a former decision.

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Overruling

Exerting controlling power as an overruling Providence

Overruler

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Overrule

To rule over to govern or determine by superior authority

Prospective overruling

Prospective overruling, implies an earlier judicial decision on the same issue which was otherwise final, Somaiya Organics (India) Ltd v.

overturn

overturn : overrule

Prayer for the Dead

for the dead is not void as a gift to superstitious uses, Bourne v. Keane, 119 AC 815; overruling West v. Shuttleworth, (1835) 2 My&K 684, and the cases decided thereunder. See also O'Hanlon v. Logue, (1906)

Marriage, Promise of

in consideration of marriage' must be, by s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds. So it was decided, overruling an earlier decision to the contrary, about 200 years ago, and the question does not appear to have

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