Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In law (properly de facto), in fact; in deed; by the act or fact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Law) In fact; by the act or fact.
- adverb (Law) See
De facto .
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- adverb law
in fact ; by theact orfact
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ex post facto is Latin for from after the deed.
ex post facto 2002
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So what we have, de facto, is a situation where no meaningful limit is imposed on anyone who needs a beard for secular reasons, but one is imposed on one who needs to grow a beard for religious reasons.
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These prejudices are rooted in the idea that every tramp, ipso facto, is a blackguard.
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Common Law marriage is sometimes referred to as facto marriage.
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Yesterday's term was ipso facto, which is defined as:
Define That Term #38 2006
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Yesterday's term was ipso facto, which is defined as:
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Yesterday's term was ex post facto, which is defined as:
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Yesterday's term was ex post facto, which is defined as:
Define That Term #41 2006
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The other thing is, if you do get a credit alert on your account, just know there was a law passed called facto in December of last year that says that alert cannot be extended beyond that 90 days.
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Jay recalled a facto id he'd read somewhere, that all statues of southern Civil War generals faced north.
State Of War Clancy, Tom 2003
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