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De Jure
/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
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What does De Jure mean?
adverb
- By right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law, particularly as opposed to actual practice.
adjective
- Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only.
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IPA pronunciation
/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
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They have both a eulogistic or normative sense, and a descriptive sense; a meaning de jure and a meaning de facto.
For Grotius, see the De Jure Belli ac Pacis, lib.
More book examples (3)
In all things which regard the external relations of the individual, he is de jure amenable to those whose interests are concerned, and if need be, to society as their protector.
And first, he sayes it is agreed, that the Jurisdiction of Bishops, is at least in the generall De Jure Divino, that is, in the Right of God; for which he alledges S. Paul, Ephes.
To grant this privilege to the different courts of the States would have been to destroy the sovereignty of the Union de facto after having established it de jure; for the interpretation of the Constitution would soon have restored that portion of independence to the States of which the terms of that act deprived them.