DE FACTO


Meaning of DE FACTO in English

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1689

1 : ACTUAL especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized <a de facto state of war>

2 : exercising power as if legally constituted <a de facto government>

3 : resulting from economic or social factors rather than from laws or actions of the state < de facto segregation>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.