overriding objective
C2CEFR level
78/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
The governing principle of the Civil Procedure Rules requiring the court to deal with cases justly and at proportionate cost.
The judge refused the adjournment as inconsistent with the overriding objective and the efficient use of court resources.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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