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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absolute, actual, actually, authentic, factual, for real, genuine, genuinely, historical, honest-to-God, positive, real, really, substantial, true, truly, undeniable, veritable, veritably
Dictionary Results for de facto:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
de facto
    adv 1: in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one-
           party system"
    adj 1: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not;
           "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed
           by law"; "a de facto state of war" [ant: de jure]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
De facto \De` fac"to\ [L.]
   Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, --
   distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Facto \Fac"to\, adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.] (Law)
   In fact; by the act or fact.
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   De facto. (Law) See De facto.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DE FACTO, i. e. in deed. A term used to denote a thing actually done; a 
president of the United States de facto is one in the exercise of the 
executive power, and is distinguished from one, who being legally entitled 
to such power is ejected from it; the latter would be a president de jure. 
An officer de facto is frequently considered as an officer de jure, and his 
official acts are of equal validity. 10 S. & R. 250; 4 Binn. R. 371; 11 S. & 
R. 411, 414; Coxe, 318; 9 Mass. 231; 10 Mass. 290; 15 Mass. 180; 5 Pick. 
487. 



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