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Consilio itaque eiusmodi triangulum pro bibliopola pigendi reiecto, vt mihi, quae mistiones pigmentis angularibus Mayerianis producantur videre cupienti satisacerem, triangulum e siccis illis pigmentis, sicut Mayerus sub sinem §10, suadet, construxi, in vires illorum tigendi methodo Lambertiana ita inquirens.
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It is even responsible if the organ – in this case a devolved level of government - is acting ultra vires, that is, “beyond the powers” of the state.
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Yesterday's term was ultra vires, which is defined as:
Define That Term #17 2006
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Yesterday's term was ultra vires, which is defined as:
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Originally, they would strike down legislation on the grounds that it was either ultra vires the powers of the federal government, or one of the provincial governments.
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Any question of whether software or our lives have got better because of the phenomenon is quite clearly ultra vires.
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A parish does not have authority to unilaterally leave the Diocese, and it is consequently ultra vires for it to pass a resolution purporting to do so.
ANiC loses buildings in New Westminster court battle « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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I take note of your earlier post, in which you suggest that giving absolute deference to the guy with the badge is most easily supportable when the guy with the badge is fully accountable for actions taken ultra vires.
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Any question of whether software or our lives have got better because of the phenomenon is quite clearly ultra vires.
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If anyone other than a member of Congress walks in, then by giving the speech the President is committing an ultra vires act – giving the address to non-Congress persons.
qroqqa commented on the word vires
n.pl. The powers available to a statutory corporation such as a local council, more or less: that is those things that are not ultra vires. This seems to be lawyers' talk with no more precise meaning, as far as I can tell; sometimes they speak of councils' powers, at other of their vires, sometimes both, as if 'powers and vires' covered a bit more ground.
September 15, 2008