de facto
adverb, adjective
noun
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Origin of de facto
Examples from the Web for de facto
Others are suggesting a de-facto ban, accomplished either through a huge tax, or a ban on ammunition.
The American F-15E went down in eastern Libya after midnight Tuesday about 25 miles east of Benghazi, the de-facto rebel capital.
But we're going to hand them over to the National Council [the de-facto government in Benghazi] and they're going to follow up.
It was probably one of the only times in the history of a popular uprising that the people cheered on a de-facto military coup.
de facto
adverb
adjective
noun plural -tos
Word Origin for de facto
de facto
Latin, literally "in fact, in reality," thus, "existing, but not necessarily legally ordained;" from facto, ablative of factum "deed, act" (see fact).
de facto
Something generally accepted or agreed to without any formal decision in its favor: “They never elected him; he became their leader de facto.” From Latin, meaning “in fact.” (Compare de jure.)