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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. By the fact itself; by that very fact: An alien, ipso facto, has no right to a U.S. passport.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. By the fact itself; by that very fact.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. by the fact itself

Etymologies

  1. From Latin ipso + facto. (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin ipsō factō : Latin ipsō, ablative of ipse, itself + Latin factō, ablative of factum, fact. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “This cessatio a divinis is not imposed ipso facto by the law; it is imposed by the ordinary when and under the conditions that he judges suitable.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

  • “Kirby also employed the diversionary tactic of insinuating that any flaws in the genetic theory meant that those of its most vocal opponents were ipso facto correct.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Panic Virus

  • “It is called infamia juris when the law declares one to be infamous either ipso facto or after judicial sentence.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

  • “Lawton, for his part, could not see why he, the senior brigadier of the entire army and ipso facto the senior in Ewell's division, should not have Old Bald Head's place.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “That is why any writing dated from a later period than the Apostolical age is condemned ipso facto to be excluded from the canon.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

  • “Reception of administration by a chapter without such letters brings excommunication reserved to the pope, together with privation of the fruits of the benefice; and the nominee loses ipso facto all right to the prelacy.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

  • “There being now no constituted association (such having entirely lapsed on the death of Mr. 'Secretary Outis'), and many of the original subscribers, who were ipso facto members, being also no longer with us, it appeared impossible to put forth the volumes as the publications of the HERCULES CLUB.”

    Thomas Hariot

  • “My idea of the mode of carrying it into execution would be this: Declare the county ipso facto divided into wards for the present, by the boundaries of the militia captaincies; somebody attend the ordinary muster of each company, having first desired the captain to call together a full one.”

    Letters

  • “Page 19 to our Book of Common Prayer, declaring our ipso facto separation from the Church of England, by virtue of our severance from the English Government, left open, as it seems to me, a formal door for our departure now.”

    Sermon delivered before the Annual Council of the Diocese of North Carolina, upon the Festival of the Ascension, May 14, 1863,

  • “He maintains control of AJVS and the commission and ipso facto the industry; he prevents the American product from coming into Japan.”

    Simon & Schuster: A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set

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  • whichbe 'If-so, fact-o.' Jun 19, 2007

  • sonofgroucho As in "Half a bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be." From Eric the Half A Bee by the Monty Python team:

    Half a bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be.
    But half the bee
    has got to be,
    vis a vis
    its entity - do you see?

    But can a bee
    be said to be
    or not to be
    an entire bee
    when half the bee
    is not a bee
    due to some ancient injury?

    Singing...

    La dee dee, 1 2 3,
    Eric the half a bee.
    A B C D E F G,
    Eric the half a bee.

    Is this retched demi-bee,
    half asleep upon my knee,
    some freak from a menagerie?
    No! It's Eric the half a bee.

    Fiddle dee dum,
    Fiddle dee dee,
    Eric the half bee.

    Ho ho ho,
    Tee hee hee,
    Eric the half a bee.

    I love this hive employee-ee-ee (with buzzing in background)
    bisected accidentally
    one summer afternoon by me
    I love him carnally.

    He loves him carnally... (together)
    ...semi-carnally

    (spoken)

    The end Jan 16, 2007

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