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ultra vires · unauthorized

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Of an act outside the reach a law gave the one acting, so the walls it sets do not hold and the law reads it as never done.

Ultra vires (adjective) means: Of an act outside the reach a law gave the one acting, so the walls it sets do not hold and the law reads it as never done. It emerges from reach, act, law, give: A body holds only the reach a law gives it; an act past that edge is not stopped or punished but not recognized, so the walls it tried to set on others never stand. The penalty is authorship removed rather than a wall enforced. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

ultra-vires.unauthorized · forms: ultra vires

Examples

Emergence

from: reach act law give wall set hold read power never outside
through: A body holds only the reach a law gives it; an act past that edge is not stopped or punished but not recognized, so the walls it tried to set on others never stand. The penalty is authorship removed rather than a wall enforced.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motiongiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statecrossL4 cross.pass: To go through a boundary from one place to another.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbercarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.powerL14 power.over: The reach of one thing over the walls of another thing's window.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.currentL1 current.present: Of the time that is now.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movereachL13 reach.action: Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.actL3 act.deed: do somethingwallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placeultra viresL15 ultra-vires.unauthorized: Of an act outside the reach a law gave the one acting, so the walls it sets do not hold and the law reads it as never done.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.closeL5 close.spatial: having little space between two thingsneverL1 never.temporal: not at any timeoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theredifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.lawL3 law.rule: a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thingtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.reachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointbigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarywindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencespossibilityL12 possibility.potential: A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.enterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a place
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built from — 3 more not shownultra viresL15ultra-vires.unauthorized — Of an act outside the reach a law gave the one acting, so the walls it sets do not hold and the law reads it as never doreachL13reach.action — Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.actL3act.deed — do somethinglawL3law.rule — a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thinggiveL7give.transfer — to make a piece go to otherswallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.setL9set.fix — To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movereadL7read.information — when entities sees and makes information

Relations

contrasts-withpower.overpower is the reach one has over another's walls; ultra vires is reach used past the part a law grants, which the law then refuses to count
contrasts-withillusion-of-control.overillusion of control is a self-model claiming reach it lacks; ultra vires is an act that uses it, and the law voids the act

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-28 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md