Usually means: Acts beyond the legal authority.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word Ultra vires:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ultra vires: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ultra vires: Merriam-Webster
  3. ultra vires: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ultra vires: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ultra vires: Vocabulary.com
  6. ultra vires: Wordnik
  7. ultra vires: Wiktionary
  8. ultra vires: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. ultra vires: Dictionary.com
  10. Ultra Vires, Ultra vires: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Ultra vires: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ultra vires: Rhymezone
  13. Ultra vires: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. Ultra Vires: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. ultra vires: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ultra vires: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ultra vires: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. ultra vires: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ultra vires: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Ultra Vires: Management Dictionary
  7. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Ultra Vires: INSOLVENCY
  9. ultra vires: Legal dictionary
  10. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ultra vires: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from WordNet (ultra vires)

▸ adjective:  beyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etc ("An ultra vires contract")
▸ adverb:  beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority


Opposite:
intrvires, within authority, within legal limits

Phrases:
ultra vires activities, more...

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Opposite:
intrvires, within authority, within legal limits

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ultra vires activities, more...




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