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Definition of "overruled" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of overrule. (verb)

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Use "overruled" in a sentence
  • "The only way for the SCOTUS decision overruled is a Constitutional amendment."
  • "Senators might waste their time on questions about Korematsu v. United States (1944), which, although never overruled, is considered by nearly everyone to be one of the Court's four or five worst decisions ever."
  • "Norman saved that third match point with a forehand winner, and eventually won the game when Pareau again overruled a linesman and called a forehand by Kuerten long."