de facto

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(thing) by CentrX (11 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Nov 05 2000 at 20:33:57
(Latin) Existing or being such in actual fact, rather than by legal establishment or official recognition.

Compare: de jure

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:56:55

De` fac"to (?). [L.]

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

 

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