{"id":363553,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/override.html"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:20:49","slug":"override","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/override.html","title":{"rendered":"Override"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\">vt<\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p><b>-rode<\/b> [-r\u014dd]<br \/>\n<b>-rid\u00b7den<\/b> [-rid-n]<br \/>\n<b>-rid\u00b7ing<\/b><br \/>\n<b>1<\/b> <b>:<\/b> to prevail or take precedence over [if, as is often the case, federal constitutional principles state statutory or common law &#8220;H. P. Wilkins&#8221;]<br \/>\n<b>2<\/b> <b>:<\/b> to set aside by virtue of superior authority [<i>overrode<\/i> the jury&#8217;s sentencing recommendation]<br \/>\n<i>;esp<\/i><br \/>\n<b>:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/annul.html\">annul <\/a> [ a veto with the required majority]<br \/>\n[\u014d-v\u0259r-r\u012bd] n <b>1<\/b> <b>:<\/b> a commission paid to managerial personnel on sales made by subordinates called also <i>override commission<\/i><br \/>\n<b>2<\/b> <b>:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/royalty.html\">royalty <\/a><br \/>\n<b>3<\/b>\u00a0<b>:<\/b>\u00a0an act or instance of overriding [a legislative ]<br \/>\nadj\u00a0<b>1<\/b>\u00a0<b>:<\/b>\u00a0not yet decided [a suit]<br \/>\n<b>2<\/b>\u00a0<b>:<\/b>\u00a0to occur or be realized soon<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Override&#8217;? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-363553","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/363553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=363553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}