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Definition of Ultra vires

Ultra vires
Ultra vires 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.

Meaning of Ultra vires from wikipedia

- authority, is intra vires ('within the powers'). Acts that are intra vires may equivalently be termed "valid", and those that are ultra vires termed "invalid"...
- A treaty is a formal, legally binding written contract between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can...
- dealings being found to be ultra vires: the legal position was that any contract entered into beyond the power, or ultra vires, would be deemed void ab...
- society under contracts of deposit which were beyond the powers of (ultra vires) the building society. The Birkbeck Permanent Benefit Society was formed...
- "within power" (or, in Latin, intra vires); if they do not, they are termed "beyond power" (or, in Latin, ultra vires). For example, a students' union may...
- under judicial review, the court can only intervene on the grounds of ultra vires,: 401  hence making the judgment void. Lord Esher said in Allison v General...
- theory of judicial review has long been dominated by the doctrine of ultra vires, under which a decision of a public authority can only be set aside if...
- against a company. The case was one of the last significant cases on ultra vires under English company law before the provisions abrogating that doctrine...
- powers simply by making ultra vires representations. Secondly, allowing public authorities to be bound by their ultra vires representations may potentially...
- 41(3) and 49-O of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, were held to be ultra vires Section 128 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and Article...