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   de jure

   /deɪ ˈjʊəreɪ/

   adverb

   • 1. according to rightful entitlement or claim; by right: "the resolution declared that the independent Republic of Latvia proclaimed on November 18, 1918 was still in existence de jure"

   adjective

   • 1. existing or holding a specified position by legal right: "he had been de jure king since his father's death"

   Word Origin Latin, literally ‘of law’.

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