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Overruling
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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
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Overrule
To rule over to govern or determine by superior authority
Overruler
One who or that which controls governs or determines
Prospective overruling
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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)
Stare decisis
same decision had the question come before it originally. But the supreme appellate Court will not shrink from overruling a decision, or series of decisions, which establish a doctrine plainly outside the statute and outside the common
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