vires

Noun

 * 1)  the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court or legislature's jurisdiction to do something.
 * 1)  the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court or legislature's jurisdiction to do something.
 * 1)  the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court or legislature's jurisdiction to do something.

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