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15 December 2025

  • curprev 14:3914:39, 15 December 2025Helpful talk contribsm 803 bytes +214 No edit summary
  • curprev 14:3714:37, 15 December 2025Helpful talk contribs 589 bytes +589 Created page with "{{stub}} De facto (literally 'from fact'), describes real-world practices. This term is often used to contrast with things that are officially recognized for formalized. The term is probably most significant around law and governance - where the main alternative is 'de jure' ('from law'), but there are other uses. De facto usually carries a sense of "the way we are doing things in practice, though". For example, * a de facto ruler is the one in real power, reg..."