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Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

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  1. Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
  2. adj. beyond the legal power or authority of a person or official or body etc
  3. adv. beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority
  4. Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
  5. Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase usedfrequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations inexcess of their chartered or statutory rights.