Friday, July 25, 2014

over rules, overrules

Over rules or over rules ( two words ) means concerning or about ( over ) regulations or laws ( rules )--
The game was going well, and then they had an argument over rules, and called it off.
They had a disagreement over rules, and asked the umpire to settle it.

Overrules or overrules ( one word ) is the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of "overrule", meaning to rule against or disallow an argument or objection to procedure--
The testimony will be part of the record, if the judge overrules your lawyer's objection.
Every time I complain about his tactics, the judge overrules my objection.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"This judge overrules every objection raised over rules of evidence."

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