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ultra vires
1. Beyond legal authority; literally: "Beyond the powers".
A reference to a court or other agency of government, an institution, or an individual, that exceeds its legal authority.
2. An antonym, or opposite, is intra vires.There are other legal applications (or interpretations):
- An act performed without any legal authority to act on the subject. It may refer to acts beyond the scope of the powers of a corporation; such as those that are defined by its charter or laws of state of incorporation.
- The term has a broad application and includes not only acts prohibited by a charter, but acts that are in excess of powers granted and not prohibited, and generally applied either when a corporation has no power whatever to do an act or when the corporation has the power but exercises it.
- An act is ultra vires when a corporation is without authority to perform it under any circumstances or for any purpose.
- An ultra vires act of a municipality is one that is beyond the powers conferred upon it by law.
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group U
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