Usually means: Authority or power to act.
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  1. vires: Merriam-Webster
  2. vires: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Vires, vires: Wordnik
  4. vires: Wiktionary
  5. vires: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. vires: Dictionary.com
  7. Vires: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Vires: Rhymezone

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(Note: See vis as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (vires)

noun:  (law) the state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a court or legislature's jurisdiction to do something.

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