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ultra vires

Law beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc.
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Yet, hailed by many peace diplomats as a model of preventive diplomacy and a viable blueprint for the future, the only intra vires, pragmatic and lasting peace solution of Palestinian-Israeli dispute rests with two state solution envisaging East Jerusalem as capital of Palestine ;whereas West Jerusalem as capital of Israel.
It is declared that the Sindh (Repeal of the Police Order, 2002 and Revival of the Police Act, 1861) Act, 2011 is intra vires the Constitution and that therefore the Police Act, 1861, as revived and restored by the said Act is the law in force in this Province and not the Police Order, 2002.
(21) In a New Brunswick lower court, a bylaw prohibiting the use of property for adult entertainment was found to be intra vires because it was a valid exercise of the municipality's zoning power and it was not legislating morality.
The primary question to be asked is whether a particular person or body with delegated law making or adjudicatory powers had acted intra vires or ultra vires, and whether the decision making process entailed the application of natural justice.
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