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de facto
de facto definition - legal
adj
In fact. Description of a
person or action that exists for all intentions and purposes, but which lacks
official legitimacy.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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