ultra vires // adjective

(Law )

(about the action of a person, company or government) beyond legal or official powers:

an ultra vires transaction

ultra vires adverb:

The directors were judged to have acted ultra vires and therefore unlawfully.

NOTE Ultra vires is a Latin phrase.

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