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de jure [Medieval Latin, literally, from the law] 1 : by right : of right [a de jure officer] 2 : in accordance with law see also de jure segregation at segregation compare de facto ...
De jure
De jure [Lat.] (by right), opposed to de facto. The most striking instance of the recognition by our law of the distinction between things de jure and de facto is found in the statute-book, which entitles the first Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Charles the Second as of the twelfth year of his reign, the previous years having been spent by him in exile, and the affairs of the kingdom having been conducted by the Protector. See DE FACTO...
Juris et de jure
Juris et de jure (of law and from law). A conclusive presumption, which cannot be rebutted, is called a presumption juris et de jure...
De jure judices de facto juratores respondent
De jure judices de facto juratores respondent. (The judges answer to the law, the jury to the fact.) A fundamental rule of the Common Law, upon which the whole system of pleading was built. 'It is of the greatest consequence,' said Lord Hardwicke, 'to the law of England, and also to the subject, that the power of the judge and jury be kept distinct; that the judge determine the law, and the jury the fact; if ever they come to be confounded, it will prove the confusion and destruction of the law of England.' A judge sitting without a jury, as in the old Court of Chancery, decides all questions of fact as well as of law....
de jure segregation
de jure segregation see segregation ...
Id possumus quod de jure possumus
Id possumus quod de jure possumus [Lat.], we may do what the law allows us to do....
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda. 11 Co. 85.-(In those things which by common right are conceded to all, the custom of a particular district or place is not to be alleged.)...
In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus
In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus [Lat.], In that in which anyone offends, in that according to law is he to be punished....
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur. Co. Litt. 116.-(Liberty is that natural faculty which permits every one to do anything he pleases except that which is restrained by law or force.)...
Nihil aliud potest rex quam quod de jure potest
Nihil aliud potest rex quam quod de jure potest [Lat.], the king can do nothing other than what he can do by law....
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