English-Dutch translations for overrule

• overrulen
  Dat betekent dat de Raad zou kunnen overrulen het akkoord tussen mevrouw Waddington en het Duitse voorzitterschap. It means that the Council could overrule the agreement between Mrs Waddington and the German Presidency.
  Ook krijgt de Raad in de amendement 5 de bevoegdheid om de Commissie via de comitologieprocedure te overrulen. Amendment No 5 also gives the Council the power to overrule the Commission by way of the comitology procedure.

Definition of overrule

• To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority
• To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power
• To dismiss or throw out at a court

Examples

• The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.

Related words

• overrun
• overruff
• overrun brake