Sunday 26 February 2012

Intra vires & Ultra vires

Intra vires is a Latin term that means “within the powers of,” referring to
the authority of a person/organization to take an action.  For example calling a press conference towards disseminating information regarding the company by the company's board of directors is an intra vires action.

Ultra vires has the opposite meaning of intra vires.  Ultra vires means beyond the allowed/granted scope of power as allowed by law.  For example, the police officer was held accountable for his ultra vires actions with regard to leading a search party to search premises.  Back.

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