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Meanings of de jure in English
Portuguese
legalmente Latin expression, roughly meaning 'by law', often opposed to 'de facto', meaning 'in fact' or 'in practice'
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Examples for "de facto"
Examples for "de facto"
1
This will turn these communities into de facto military zones, Ramirez said.
2
It is a de facto law that we have to deal with.
3
They were so acting in the absence of the de facto sergeants.
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It is fiscal policy, which the Bank has de facto taken over.
5
In consequence, the American Government declined to recognize the de facto ruler.
Usage of de jure in English
1
See more fully Spellman of Feuds and Tenures, and Craigius de jure feud.
2
Under the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, Serbia became de jure an independent country.
3
But Atella, which, although destroyed de jure along with Capua in 543 (III.
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But the king de facto was the king, as well as his Majesty de jure.
5
Man is creation's lord de facto and de jure.
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In accordance with its charter, the company held the ownership and government of the country de jure.
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I had left the chamber of the-shall I say de jure King of England?- asentimentaladherent of the cause.
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What they did obtain was a legally protected possession of freedom, while they continued to be - de jure- non-free.
9
But the - de jure- suppressed communities of Italy, such as Capua and Atella, stepped into this gap (ii.
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Power is concentrated in the hands of a little coterie of plutocrats-thepeople are sovereigns de jure and slaves de facto.
11
They have both a eulogistic or normative sense, and a descriptive sense; a meaning de jure and a meaning de facto.
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A nation de facto is a nation de jure, and when we have ascertained the fact, we have ascertained the right.
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The de jure transformation brought about by the British signature on the Treaty of Rome was not, we learned, a true conversion.
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At best they might admit that while we have de jure independence we are utterly dependent on and tied to the UK.
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What has been much harder to eradicate is the deeply-entrenched systemic and institutionalized racism that served as the infrastructure of de jure segregation.
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Henceforth, new scenes, which are not comic de jure, may become amusing de facto, on account of their partial resemblance to this model.
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