Facto

de facto

de facto [Medieval Latin, literally, from the fact] : in reality : actually [these two constraints have been lifted, one de facto and one de jure "Susan Lee"] adj 1 : actual ;esp : being such in effect though not formally recognized see also de facto segregation at segregation 2 : exercising power as if legally constituted or authorized [a de facto government] [a de facto judge] compare de jure ...

ex post facto

ex post facto [Late Latin, literally, from a thing done afterward] : after the fact : retroactively [cannot judge ex post facto] adj 1 : done, made, or formulated after the fact : retroactive 2 : of or relating to an ex post facto law [the chief concerns of the ex post facto ban "L. H. Tribe"] ...

ipso facto clause

ipso facto clause : a clause in an agreement stipulating the consequences (as termination of a lease or acceleration of a payment) of the insolvency of one of the parties called also bankruptcy clause ipso facto bankruptcy clause NOTE: An ipso facto clause is invalid under the Bankruptcy Code because a trustee is not bound by any provision or applicable law that is conditioned on the debtor's insolvency. ...

De facto

De facto, in fact, opposed to de jure, of right.The Act 11 Hen. 7, c. 1 (declared by some great writers to be only declaratory of the Common Law), was passed for the protection of all subjects who assist and obey a king de facto. It was pleaded to no purpose on the trial of Sir Harry Vane, the judges actually holding that Charles II. had been king de facto as well as de jure from the moment of his father's death (Hall. Const. Hist. Ch. xi.)...

ex post facto clause

ex post facto clause often cap E&P&F&C : the clause in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution forbidding Congress from passing any ex post facto laws ...

ex post facto law

ex post facto law : a civil or criminal law with retroactive effect ;esp : a law that retroactively alters a defendant's rights esp. by criminalizing and imposing punishment for an act that was not criminal or punishable at the time it was committed, by increasing the severity of a crime from its level at the time the crime was committed, by increasing the punishment for a crime from the punishment imposed at the time the crime was committed, or by taking away from the protections (as evidentiary protection) afforded the defendant by the law as it existed when the act was committed NOTE: Ex post facto laws are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. ...

ipso facto

ipso facto [New Latin, literally, by the fact itself] : by that very fact or act : as an inevitable result [drove the getaway car and was ipso facto an accessory] ...

De facto guardian

De facto guardian, the authority of any person to deal with or dispose of any property of a Hindu minor on the ground of his being the de facto guardian of such minor, Madhegowda v. Ankegowda, (2002) 1 SCC 178. (Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, s. II)...

Facto, in fact; as where anything is actually done, Jac. Law Dict. and see DE FACTO....

de facto merger

de facto merger see merger ...

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