de jure

de jure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/[1], /dɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/,[2] /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ/,[2]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ/,[3][4] IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪ/,[3] IPA^(key): /diː ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/[4]

Adverb

de jure (not comparable)

1. By right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law; legally, particularly as opposed to actual practice.

   I used to spend my Sundays playing pinball despite it being de jure illegal under an unenforced bylaw.

Adjective

de jure (not comparable)

1. Legal; justified by right or law, especially when in name only.

Antonyms

• de facto

Derived terms

• juris et de jure. A conclusive or irrebuttable presumption.[5]

Translations

by right

Armenian: դե յուրե (hy) (de yure) Catalan: de iure (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 法律意义上的 Dutch: de jure (nl) Finnish: de jure (fi), lain mukaan, laillisesti (fi) French: de jure (fr), de droit (fr) Galician: de dereito, de jure German: de jure (de) Greek: εκ του νόμου (ek tou nómou), ντε γιούρε (el) (de gioúre), αυτοδικαίως (el) (aftodikaíos) Japanese: デ・ジュリ (de-juri), 法律上の (ほうりつじょうの, hōritsujō no) Polish: wedle prawa, de iure (pl) Portuguese: de jure (pt) Russian: де-ю́ре (ru) (dɛ-júrɛ), юриди́ческий (ru) (juridíčeskij), по пра́ву (ru) (po právu)

See also

• in name

References

1. “de jure”, in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary‎, 18 February 2020
2. “de jure”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
3. “de jure”, in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary‎, 18 February 2020
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5. John Bouvier (1914), Francis Rawle, editor, Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia‎, volume 2, 8th edition, Kansas City, MO: Vernon Law Book Company, OCLC 875212404, Juris et de jure, page 1760

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Latin

Prepositional phrase

dē jūre

1. Alternative spelling of dē iūre

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adjective

de jure (invariable, not comparable)

1. de jure (according to the law)