Definition of Intra vires

1. Adjective. Within the legal power or authority or a person or official or body etc.

Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Antonyms: Ultra Vires

Definition of Intra vires

1. Adjective. within the legal power or authority of a person or body ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intra Vires

intra-articular cartilage
intra-articular fracture
intra-articular ligament of costal head
intra-articular sternocostal ligament
intra-atrial
intra-atrial block
intra-atrial conduction
intra-atrial conduction time
intra-aural
intra-auricular
intra-octaval
intra-uterine
intra legem
intra vires (current term)
intra vitam
intraabdominal
intraarterial
intraarterially
intraarticular
intraatomic
intraaxillary
intraband
intrabank
intrabinary
intrabronchial
intrabuccal
intrabuilding

Literary usage of Intra vires

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Intercorporate Relations by Walter Chadwick Noyes (1909)
"Incidents of Ownership attach to intra vires Holdings. — A corporation, acting within the scope of its powers in acquiring the shares of other corporations, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Private Corporations in Pennsylvania by Frank Marshall Eastman (1908)
"Acts Held to be intra vires. A bridge company may elevate its bridge, after its construction, ... intra vires."

3. The Law of Mines and Mining Injuries by Edward Joseph White (1903)
"316. Liability of directors who exceed authority. 317. Same — Limitation on authority. 318. Same — Acts ultra vires. 319. Same — Irregular acts intra vires ..."

4. A Treatise on the Modern Law of Corporations: With Reference to Formation by Arthur Webster Machen (1908)
"From early days a broad distinction has been drawn between the responsibilities of directors when acting ultra vires and intra vires. In the case of intra ..."

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