Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb By the law itself.

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  • adverb law by the law itself

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin ipsō iūre : Latin ipsō, ablative of ipse, itself + Latin iūre, ablative of iūs, law.]

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