ultra

/altra/ Beyond; outside of; in excess of. Damages ultra. Damages beyond a sum paid into court

@ ultra mare

/altra meriy/

Beyond sea. One of the old essoins or excuses for not appearing in court at the return of process

@ ultra reprises

After deduction of drawbacks; in excess of deductions or expenses

@ ultra vires

/altra vayriyz/

An act performed without any authority to act on subject. Haslund v. City of Seattle, 86 Wash.2d 607, 547 P.2d 1221, 1230.

Acts beyond the scope of the powers of a corporation, as defined by its charter or laws of state of incorporation. State ex rel. v. llolston Trust Co., 168 Tenn. 546, 79 S.W.2d 1012, 1016.

The term has a broad application and includes not only acts prohibited by the charter, but acts which are in excess of powers granted and not prohibited, and generally applied either when a corporation has no power whatever to do an act, or when the corporation has the power but exercises it irregularly. People ex rel. Barrett v. Bank of Peoria, 295 Ill.App. 543, 15 N.E.2d 333, 335.

Act is ultra vires when corporation is without authority to perform it under any circumstances or for any purpose. By doctrine of ultra vires a contract made by a corporation beyond the scope of its corporate powers is unlawful. Community Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Independence, Mo. v. Fields, C.C.A. Mo., 128 F.2d 705, 708.

Ultra vires act of municipality is one which is beyond powers conferred upon it by law. Charles v. Town of Jeanerette, Inc., La.App., 234 So.2d 794, 798

@ ultra posse non potest esse, et vice versa

/altra posiy non powtast esiy, et vaysiy varsa/ What is beyond possibility cannot exist, and the reverse [what cannot exist is not possible]

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