ultra vires
outside the legal authority of, beyond the jurisdiction of (Latin)
Ultra vires
ultra vires
Adjective
1. beyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etc; "an ultra vires contract"
(antonym) intra vires
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Adverb
1. beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority
Ultra vires
Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Without authority. An act which is beyond the powers or authority of the person or organization which took it. - (
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