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Meaning of ULTRA VIRES

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority
  2. [adj]  (law) beyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etc; "an ultra vires contract"
 
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 Antonyms: intra vires
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ul`tra vi"res\, [Law Latin, from L. prep. ultra
beyond + vires, pl. of. vis strength.]
Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used
frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations
in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
 

 

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