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Ultra vires   /ˈəltrə vaɪrz/   Listen
Ultra vires

adverb
1.
Beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority.






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"Ultra vires" Quotes from Famous Books



... the act of doing something grossly ultra vires—illegal, that's to say. But you've put your finger on the point. If the treasure should be found—as it might be—somewhere hidden on that little plot of ground with a palace on it on our side of the river, our problem would be fairly ...
— Guns of the Gods • Talbot Mundy

... the Japanese ultimatum regarding Kiaochow] remains a sealed book, China suspects that Japan from the very beginning of the present war world-struggle has taken advantage of England's vast commitments and acted ultra vires. China hopes and believes that Britain will never again renew the Japanese alliance, which expires in 1921, in its present form, particularly now that an Anglo-American agreement has been made possible. China knows that in spite of all coquetting with both the extreme ...
— The Fight For The Republic In China • B.L. Putnam Weale



Words linked to "Ultra vires" :   law, jurisprudence, intra vires



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