de jure
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8.6
- adjective
- /deɪ ˈdʒʊəri/
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de jure
- Law 290 (1998) gives the new civilian defense ministry wide de jure authority over the military.
- de jure segregation
- de jure or de facto
Examples
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But this challenge helped propel Kenya from a de facto single-party democracy to a de jure one-party state.
Academic text (1998) -
The president is de jure supreme chief of the armed forces, and the army consistently recognizes his authority in its public statements.
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The bottom line here is that Liberty Media is very close to de jure control.
Blog text (14) -
Already, governments in developing countries reserve 8 percent of forests for communities, and they have recognized de jure community ownership over 14 percent of forests.
Academic text (2003) -
The Nicaraguan armed forces also accepted a series of constitutional and statutory reforms that reduced their de jure autonomy.
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In common with other nature reserves, all the forest land rights within the park were to have been transferred de jure to the SNR Management Bureau.
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On the other hand, if the people of Taiwan one day choose de jure independence, proclaiming formal independence of Taiwan, that should also be respected and protected.
Academic text (1996) -
From the standpoint of local people, the separation of de jure from de facto land rights serves to obscure rather than clarify the legal framework within the reserve forest.
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In 1954, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, unanimously using its equitable power to overturn de jure segregation in American schools as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Academic text (2016) -
The president is de jure supreme chief of the armed forces, recognized by the constitution.
Synonyms
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8.4
In a way that concerns the law
In a way that relates to law and rights
Antonyms
How Legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
de + jure
This is a Latin legalism whose constituents ('de', 'jure') are not productive English words for a B1 learner, so the meaning cannot be derived from ordinary English vocabulary knowledge. Although related roots appear in other languages and legal contexts (e.g., de facto / de jure), the phrase functions as a fixed loanword/technical term, making its meaning ('according to law') unpredictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
De jure comes from Latin words de (of) and jure ('law'), so picture a name on a legal paper that shows who has the right on the papers even if others live there. That's why it means 'existing or holding a position according to law'.