intra vires
American
[in-truh vahy-reez]
/ ˈɪn trə ˈvaɪ riz /
adverb
Law.
Etymology
Origin of intra vires
First recorded in 1875–80, intra vires is from Latin intrā vīrēs “within the powers”
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