Overrulable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That can be overruled. not-comparable

    "On this level of generality we reason about rights not in a doctrinally fixed but in a prima facie way, that is, as qualifiable or overridable, though not (and this is a crucial point) as directly overrulable rights."

Example

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"On this level of generality we reason about rights not in a doctrinally fixed but in a prima facie way, that is, as qualifiable or overridable, though not (and this is a crucial point) as directly overrulable rights."

Etymology

From overrule + -able.

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