Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only.

    de jure

    де-ю́реdɛ-júrɛ, юриди́ческийjuridíčeskij, по пра́вуpo právu

    by right; according to law

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Paradoxically, the President of Turkey is the de jure head of state but has no legal role in government.

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Translations

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē jūre (literally “according to law”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē jūre (literally “according to law”).

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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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