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legalmente

By law; conforming to the law.

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      de jure

      Latin expression, roughly meaning 'by law', often opposed to 'de facto', meaning 'in fact' or 'in practice'

            de jure
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            The Republic's third health insurer, Vivas Health, officially opened for business yesterday.
            The Irish Times
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            Thrity-six years after the war, Occupation law is still officially its law.
            The new yorker
            3
            September 2008: An official economic report states Ireland is officially in recession.
            The Irish Times
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            The company officially describes the test as a general measure of health.
            Wired
            5
            The deal may be officially announced later this month, the source said.
            Reuters
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            Her family were travelling from Europe to formally identify her body yesterday.
            The Irish Times
            2
            The United States is formally neutral on South China Sea territorial issues.
            Reuters
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            The Government formally served legal documents on the UK government on Thursday.
            The Irish Times
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            The government formally abandoned a six-year-old Norwegian- brokered ceasefire a year ago.
            Reuters
            5
            The government formally adopted the sustainable development goals in Paris last year.
            The Guardian
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            20), that of Brutus the title - De iure civili- (Cic.
            The History of Rome, Book IV / The Revolution

            By right; according to law.

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                  See more fully Spellman of Feuds and Tenures, and Craigius de jure feud.
                  The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
                  2
                  Under the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, Serbia became de jure an independent country.
                  After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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                  But Atella, which, although destroyed de jure along with Capua in 543 (III.
                  The History of Rome, Book IV / The Revolution
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                  But the king de facto was the king, as well as his Majesty de jure.
                  The Virginians
                  5
                  Man is creation's lord de facto and de jure.
                  The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
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                  In accordance with its charter, the company held the ownership and government of the country de jure.
                  The Great Intendant : A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-...
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                  I had left the chamber of the-shall I say de jure King of England?- asentimentaladherent of the cause.
                  The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
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                  What they did obtain was a legally protected possession of freedom, while they continued to be - de jure- non-free.
                  The History of Rome, Book I / The Period Anterior to the Aboliti...
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                  But the - de jure- suppressed communities of Italy, such as Capua and Atella, stepped into this gap (ii.
                  The History of Rome, Book III / From the Union of Italy to the S...
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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.
                  The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
                  11
                  They have both a eulogistic or normative sense, and a descriptive sense; a meaning de jure and a meaning de facto.
                  Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
                  12
                  A nation de facto is a nation de jure, and when we have ascertained the fact, we have ascertained the right.
                  The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
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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.
                  The Guardian
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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.
                  The Irish Times
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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.
                  Ebony
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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.
                  Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic