<P> Ultra vires is a Latin phrase meaning "beyond the powers". If an act requires legal authority and it is done with such authority, it is characterised in law as intra vires ("within the powers"). If it is done without such authority, it is ultra vires . Acts that are intra vires may equivalently be termed "valid" and those that are ultra vires "invalid". </P> <P> Legal issues relating to ultra vires can arise in a variety of contexts: </P> <Ul> <Li> Companies and other legal persons sometimes have limited legal capacity to act, and attempts to engage in activities beyond their legal capacity may be ultra vires . Most countries have restricted the doctrine of ultra vires in relation to companies by statute . </Li> <Li> Similarly, statutory and governmental bodies may have limits upon the acts and activities which they legally engage in . </Li> <Li> Subordinate legislation which is purported passed without the proper legal authority may be invalid as beyond the powers of the authority which issued it . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Companies and other legal persons sometimes have limited legal capacity to act, and attempts to engage in activities beyond their legal capacity may be ultra vires . Most countries have restricted the doctrine of ultra vires in relation to companies by statute . </Li>

If a corporation commits an ultra vires act which of the following is not an available remedy