Definition of "overrule" []

• To disallow the action or arguments of, especially by virtue of higher authority: The defense attorney's objection was overruled by the judge. (verb-transitive)
• To decide or rule against: overrule a policy decision. (verb-transitive)
• To declare null and void; reverse. (verb-transitive)
• To dominate by strong influence; prevail over. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Nothing happened in the match, and in that moment, he called an overrule."
• "Should the Court "overrule" McConnell and allow as applied challenges to the electioneering communications, there will be much handwringing an wailing amoung the reform community."
• "If you don’t figure this out, then every new ruling of the Supreme Court must come as a complete surprise to you, because SCOTUS doesn’t take cases on issues which it has already decided (unless it plans to overrule, which is presumably even more surprising to someone with a myopic view of precedent)."