Sentence examples for overruling from inspiring English sources

The word 'overruling' is correct and usable in written English.
It means to reject or invalidate a decision made by someone else, typically a judge or superior authority. Example: The Supreme Court overturned the lower court's decision, overruling their ruling on the constitutionality of the law.

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overruling

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It is likely to follow BSCH by expanding further in southern Europe and Latin America.See article: Spain's BBV takes over ArgentariaThe European Commission gave the go-ahead for BSCH to take a 40% stake in Champalimaud, a large Portuguese financial group, overruling a veto from Portugal's government.

Significantly, a diminished but substantial role for the unions attracts the support of influential modernisers, such as Mo Mowlam, the Northern Ireland secretary, as well as traditionalists, such as John Prescott, the deputy prime minister.Mr Blair is quite capable of overruling this majority if he chooses.

Some carmakers are promising technology that detects pedestrians and cyclists, again overruling the driver and stopping the vehicle before it hits them.

The decision should ensure that political issues dear to western and southern states become more prominent in the crucial early stages of campaigning.In another blow to supporters of gay marriage, Washington state's Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex nuptials was constitutional, overruling the decision of two lower courts, which said such a ban violated statutes on equal rights.

He intervened in at least three Senate races, overruling local favourites and picking moderate candidates more to his liking.

Earlier this month Eric Pickles, the local government secretary, decreed that the local council must let developers build 289 new houses on some scruffy fields at the edge of the town, overruling the original planning decision.

In India the Supreme Court upheld an 1860 law that criminalises homosexual acts, overruling a 2009 judgment by a lower court.

In July he authorised a $150m loan for California's stem-cell research, and now, overruling federal opposition, California has become the first state in the country to set limits on industry for greenhouse-gas emissions.

Overruling the radicals' objections, he sealed an electoral pact with the small, conservative Liberal Party in order to get its leader, Jose Alencar, a textiles magnate, as his running mate.

Overruling the minister, Mr Borisov decided to pay the subsidies and issue government debt to fill the gap.Responding to demands for the expulsion of three foreign-controlled power distributors from Bulgaria, he announced on February 19th that the licence of CEZ, a Czech energy distributor, would be revoked because of systematic irregularities.

The pope was overruling Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, his German aide, who said last August that Turkey should seek partners elsewhere because its Muslim faith was "in permanent contrast" with Europe's Christian legacy.

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