de facto

Etymology
, from + ablative of.

Adverb

 * 1)  In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

Adjective

 * 1) In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to .)

Translations

 * Arabic: بحكم الأمر الواقع
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: de facto, di fattu
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: laŭfakte, laŭfakta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido:
 * Japanese: デファクト,
 * Persian: دفاکتو,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,

Noun

 * 1)  A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
 * 2) * 2008, David de Vaus, Chapter 15: Australian Families: Social and Demographic Patterns, in Charles B. Hennon, Stephan M. Wilson (editors), Families in a Global Context, 2011, |%22defactos%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G5k3T6j5Ds7imAX8xr2XDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22de%20factos%22|%22defactos%22&f=false page 383,
 * The parental rights and responsibilities of de factos are the same as for legally married parents but, because property and maintenance of de factos is a state responsibility, there are differences between married and de factos in some states.
 * 1) * 2008, David de Vaus, Chapter 15: Australian Families: Social and Demographic Patterns, in Charles B. Hennon, Stephan M. Wilson (editors), Families in a Global Context, 2011, |%22defactos%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G5k3T6j5Ds7imAX8xr2XDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22de%20factos%22|%22defactos%22&f=false page 383,
 * The parental rights and responsibilities of de factos are the same as for legally married parents but, because property and maintenance of de factos is a state responsibility, there are differences between married and de factos in some states.

Hyponyms

 * husband/wife

Etymology
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Etymology
, from + ablative of

Etymology
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Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  according to fact

Etymology
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Particle

 * 1)  actually, in fact

Adverb

 * 1) truly
 * 2) indeed
 * 3) in fact

Adverb

 * 1) truly
 * 2) indeed
 * 3) in fact