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Vires is Latin and is defined as powers.

(noun)

  1. An example of vires is having the authority to tell a person what action they must take; intra vires.
  2. An example of vires is an action that is beyond the powers as detailed in a law; ultra vires.

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See vires in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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Origin: L

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