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   de facto

   /deɪ ˈfaktəʊ/

   adverb

   • 1. in fact, whether by right or not: "the country was de facto divided between two states"

   adjective

   • 1. existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right: "a de facto one-party system"

   Word Origin Latin, literally ‘of fact’.

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