De facto. [L.] actually; in fact; existing; as a king
de
facto, distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
American Dictionary of the
English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. I, page
56.
DE FACTO. Actually; in fact; in deed. A term used to denote a
thing actually done.
A government de facto signifies one completely,
through only temporarily, established in the place of the lawful government;
Thomas v. Taylor, 42 Miss. 651, 2 Am. Rep. 625, Chisholm v. Coleman, 43
Ala. 204, 94 Am. Dec. 677, See De Jure Austin, Jur. Lect. vi. p. 336.
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary,
Third Revision (8th Edition)(1914), Volume 1, page 761.
de facto (dë fak’tö).
In fact, as distinguished from “de jure,” by right.
Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine,
Second Edition, 1948, page 344.
de facto government. A government wherein all the attributes
of sovereignty have, by usurpation, been transferred from those who had
been legally invested with them to others, who, sustained by a power above
the forms of law, claim to act and do act in their stead. 30 Am Jur 181.
Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine,
Second Edition, 1948, page 345.
De facto. In fact; actually; indeed; in reality. Ridout v. State,
161 Tenn. 248, 30 S.W.2d 255, 257, 71 A.L.R. 830.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4th
Edition (1951) page 504.
De facto government. One that maintains
itself by a display of force against the will of the rightful legal government
and is successful, at least temporarily, in overturning the institutions
of the rightful legal government by setting up its own in lieu thereof.
Wortham v. Walker, 133 Tex. 255, 128 S.W.2d 1138, 1145.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4th
Edition (1951) page 504.
de facto (dë fak’tö, da-, de-).
[[L]] existing or being such in actual fact though not by legal establishment,
official recognition, etc. [de facto government]: cf. de
jure.
Webster’s New World Dictionary,
3rd College Ed. (1988), page 360.
