intra, prep.
(ˈɪntrə)
[L., = within.]
1. In phr. intra vires, within the powers or legal authority (of a person, etc.). Cf. ultra prep. 1.
| 1877 S. Brice Treat. Doctrine Ultra Vires (ed. 2) ii. ii. 56 It will be best to retain the secondary use of the term Ultra Vires, and..to deal only with those proceedings which are bad in reference to matters admitted to be Intra Vires in both meanings. 1884 Law Times LXXVIII. 110 (Stanford), If this were intra vires, the other securities which they had accepted were not bonâ fide ones. 1930 A. Palmer Company Secretarial Pract. 185 Excess borrowing intra vires of the company but ultra vires of the directors may be ratified by ordinary resolution. 1966 Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. I. 256 We have already explained..the methods by which this power may be kept intra vires. 1970 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 4th Ser. XIX. ii. 244 It would seem that, at least in New Zealand municipal law, if the Antarctica Act is intra vires, the Dependency includes the high seas south of 60° S. |
2. intra vitam, during life; while still living. Freq. attrib., = intravital a.
| 1881 Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. Harvard VI. ii. 264 Whether the intranuclear network was present as a structure intra vitam. 1898 Jrnl. Microsc. Soc. 133 Herr A. M. Przesmycki has made a long series of experiments on intra-vitam staining. 1965 Acta Med. Scand. CLXXVIII. 155 (heading) Intra-vitam diagnosis of oxalosis. |