How to Use ultra vires in a Sentence
ultra vires
adverb or adjective-
So these regulations are ultra vires and the courts should strike them down.
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WSJ,
2018-04-11
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The idea here is that if a corporation is behaving in a fashion that is deemed ultra vires, or exceeding its legal authority, the state must investigate.
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Dahlia Lithwick,
Slate Magazine,
2017-02-15
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