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English Dictionary: De facto by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
de facto
adv
  1. in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one- party system"
adj
  1. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"
    Antonym(s): de jure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Facto \[d8]Fac"to\, adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.]
      (Law)
      In fact; by the act or fact.
  
      {De facto}. (Law) See {De facto}.
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