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In jurisprudence, a de facto law (also known as a de facto regulation) is a law or regulation that is followed but "is not specifically enumerated by a law." [ 4 ] By definition, de facto 'contrasts' de jure which means "as defined by law" or "as a matter of law."
De facto is a Latin phrase (literally "of fact"), here meaning "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established". A de facto standard contrasts an international standard which is defined by an organization such as International Standards Organization , or a standard required by law ...
De jure sovereignty refers to the legal right to do so; de facto sovereignty refers to the factual ability to do so. This can become an issue of special concern upon the failure of the usual expectation that de jure and de facto sovereignty exist at the place and time of concern, and reside within the same organization.
Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral declarative political act of a state that acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state). Recognition can be accorded either on a de facto or de jure basis. Partial recognition can occur if many sovereign states ...
Republics where the government's powers are limited by law or a formal constitution (an official document establishing the exact powers and restrictions of a nation and its government), and in which the leaders are chosen by a vote amongst the populace. Typically, laws cannot be passed which violate said constitution, unless the constitution ...
This type of asymmetry can be called de jure asymmetry (Brown 2). The second type reflects agreements which come out of national policy, opting out, and (depending on one's definition of the term) bilateral and ad hoc deals with specific provinces, none of which are entrenched in the constitution. This type of asymmetry is known as de facto ...
Guided democracy, also called directed democracy [1] and managed democracy, [2] [3] is a formally democratic government that functions as a de facto authoritarian government or, in some cases, as an autocratic government. [4] Such hybrid regimes are legitimized by elections, but do not change the state's policies, motives, and goals. [5] [page ...
Diarchy (from Greek δι-, di-, "double", [1] and -αρχία, -arkhía, "ruled"), [2] [note 1] [3] duarchy, [4] or duumvirate [5] [note 2] is a form of government characterized by co-rule, with two people ruling a polity together either lawfully or de facto, by collusion and force.