De facto in English word:
De facto. Latin, literally "in fact, in
reality," thus, "existing, but not necessarily legally ordained;"
from facto, ablative of factum "deed, act" (see fact).
The phrase de facto mean:
A de facto government is a government wherein
all the attributes of sovereignty have, by usurpation, been transferred from
those who had been legally invested with them to others, who, sustained by a
power above the forms of law, claim to act and do really act in their stead.
De facto relationship definition
A de facto relationship is a relationship in
which a couple lives together on a genuine domestic basis. However, if a person
is legally married they can still be considered to be in a de facto
relationship with another person they are not married to.
The legal meaning of de facto:
De Facto is a legal term meaning "in
fact" or "in reality", which is used to qualify many legal
terms. For example, de fact segregation refers to segregation which occurs
without any official action by government officials, but results from social,
psychological, or economic conditions.