intra vires
[ in-truh-vahy-reez ]
adverb, adjectiveLaw.
within the legal power or authority of an individual or corporation (opposed to ultra vires).
Origin of intra vires
1First recorded in 1875–80, intra vires is from Latin intrā vīrēs “within the powers”
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