Search Legal Terms and Definitions. overrule. v. 1) to reject an attorney's objection to a question to a witness or admission of evidence. By overruling the objection, the trial judge allows the question or evidence in court. If the judge agrees with the objection, he/she sustains the objection and does not allow the question or evidence.
In general, gross misconduct in the workplace is characterized as an objectionable action that is willful and cannot be described as a mistake or an act of negligence.
Wilful vs. willful. Willful is the American spelling of the adjective meaning (1) done on purpose, or (2) intent on having oneâs own way. Wilful is the preferred spelling in all the main varieties of English from outside North America. Both spellings appear about equally often in Canadian publications. Wilful is the original spelling.