de facto

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  1. adverb In reality or fact; actually.
  2. adjective Actual: de facto segregation.
  3. adjective Exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established: a de facto government; a de facto nuclear storage facility.

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  1. Latin dē factō : dē, from, according to + factō, ablative of factum, fact.

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  1. Latin, of or in fact: de, of, from; facto, ablative of factum, fact: see de and fact.
 

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