Look up de jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In law and government, de jure (/deɪ ˈdʒʊəri, di -, - ˈjʊər-/, Latin: [deː ˈjuːre]; lit. 'by law')...

Jure uxoris (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife") describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo...

happens in practice, in contrast with de jure ("by law"). In jurisprudence, a de facto law (also known as a de facto regulation) is a law or regulation...

foundational work in international law. The work takes up Alberico Gentili's De jure belli of 1598, as demonstrated by Thomas Erskine Holland. The book was...

Jure may refer to: De jure, Latin legal phrase Jure (given name), Slavic masculine name Jūrė (disambiguation), several places in Lithuania This disambiguation...

dated either from the de facto date of 476, when Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the Germanic Herulians led by Odoacer, or the de jure date of 480, on the...

Nations, and many other international organisations. Although English is not de jure an official language at the national level in the United States, most states...

accorded de jure recognition of Estonia and Latvia on 26 January 1921 and Lithuania on 20 December 1922. The United States extended de jure recognition...

measure to end mortgage discrimination in 1975, would completely invalidate de jure racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S. According to Rajiv Sethi...

sovereignty is the exercise of power by a state. De jure sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so; de facto sovereignty refers to the factual ability...

states are both de jure and de facto (i.e., they exist both according to law and in practice). However, states which are only de jure are sometimes recognised...

by Georgia as the legal and only government of Abkhazia. Abkhazia has been de facto independent from Georgia – though with limited international recognition...

created de jure to resolve the 2018–2022 Israeli political crisis, alongside the formal rotation mechanism of the alternation government. It existed de facto...

legal tender in 1904. This type of currency substitution is also known as de jure currency substitution. Currency substitution can be used semiofficially...

based on the most common understanding of the de facto International Date Line. See § De facto and de jure date lines below, and map above at right. The...

after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. The following...

resulting ten states, West Berlin was considered an unofficial de facto eleventh state. While de jure not part of West Germany, for Berlin was under the control...

Plymouth is a ghost town and the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island...

successfully claimed the title in 1831. During this period of dormancy, the de jure Earls of Devon, the Courtenays of Powderham, were created baronets and...

a referendum of 1991. During the Soviet period of history, Russia was de jure headed by collective bodies such as the All-Russian Central Executive Committee...

nationality on paper (de jure), the right conferred can be different according to the place of birth or residence, creating different de facto classes of nationality...

treaty of cession was signed by the two countries on 28 May 1956. The de jure transfer was delayed until the end of the Algerian War. The treaty was...

the enactment of the Special Region of Jakarta Act, Jakarta has lost its de jure status as capital of Indonesia, and is currently in a transitional period...

Suo jure is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right'...

Coast of the United States, strict scrutiny was limited to instances of de jure discrimination, where a racial classification is written into the language...

significant language. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official...

Most Mexican states do not have an official flag. For these states, a de facto flag is used for civil and state purposes. State flags of Mexico have a...

Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following...

Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following...

Manipur government in exile was a self-claimed governing body of the de jure government of Manipur under Manipur State Constitution Act 1947. On 29 October...