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ipso jure

[ip-soh yoo-re, ip-soh joor-ee]

adverb

Latin.
  1. by the law itself; by operation of law.



ipso jure

/ ˈɪpsəʊ ˈjʊərɪ /

adverb

  1. by the law itself; by operation of law

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ipso jure1

from Latin
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Example Sentences

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A tribunal does this not because it has any right or power of its own in the matter, but because the people have, in enacting the Constitution as a supreme law, declared that all other laws inconsistent with it are ipso jure void.

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The king attains his position ipso jure, by reason of being Emperor of Austria, without the necessity of any distinct act of public law.

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Of course, the sale was ipso jure void.

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Semper enim ex divinis id obstat, Regem honorificato; & qui potestati resistit, Dei ordinationi resisit: non alias igitur in eum populo potestas est quam si id committat propter quod ipso jure rex esse desinat.

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