in virtue of
adverb
Roget 737: in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi [Fr.], in virtue of; under the auspices of, in the hands of. at one's pleasure; by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen; ex mero motu [Lat.]; ex cathedra [Lat.], from the chair.
Roget 631: through, by, per; whereby, thereby, hereby; by the agency of etc. 170; by dint of; by virtue of, in virtue of; through the medium of etc. ... show more
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