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- Latin · borrowed fromdē jūre
- English todayde jure
Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē jūre (literally “according to law”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
de jure
Today it means: By right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law, particularly as opposed to actual practice. Full definition →
Latin dē jūre