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101de facto — /dee fak toh, day/ 1. in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country. Although the school was said to be open to all qualified students, it still practiced de facto segregation. 2. actually… …
102de facto corporation — A business that has not completed all of the legal steps to become a corporation will be treated as a corporation by the court to shield the directors, officers, and shareholders who in good faith thought they were operating the business as a… …
103ipso facto provision — USA ipso facto clause, Also known as an ipso facto provision or bankruptcy clause. A provision in an agreement which permits its termination due to the bankruptcy, insolvency or financial condition of a party. The Bankruptcy Code prohibits… …
104De facto merger — With the de facto merger doctrine, some courts have held that the substance of a combination attempt determines whether statutory protections should be made available to shareholders. Thus, where an asset acquisition leads to the same result as a …
105ex post facto clause — n 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 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
106De Facto Act — (1495) Passed by PARLIAMENT in October 1495, the De Facto Act sought to heal the lingering divisions of the WARS OF THE ROSES by encouraging former adherents of RICHARD III and the house of YORK to support HENRY VII against any current and… …
107de facto — de fac|to1 [ di fæktou, deı fæktou ] adjective FORMAL 1. ) actual, even though not official: English is the de facto language of the computer industry. 2. ) AUSTRALIAN a de facto relationship is between two people who are officially recognized as …
108ipso facto — Loc. lat. (pron. [ípso fákto]) que significa literalmente ‘por el hecho mismo’ y se usa con el sentido de ‘inmediatamente o en el acto’: «A mi cara anterior se le borró ipso facto el pujante optimismo» (Bryce Vida [Perú 1981]). Deben evitarse las …
109de facto — /di ˈfæktoʊ / (say dee faktoh), /də / (say duh), /deɪ / (say day) adjective 1. in fact; in reality. 2. actually existing, whether with or without right. Compare de jure. 3. of or relating to a situation in which two people live together in the… …
110ex post facto — is a legal phrase meaning ‘with retrospective action or force’, as in increasing its guilt ex post facto / ex post facto laws. Strictly speaking, as Fowler (1926) noted, the spelling should be ex postfacto (meaning ‘on the basis of the later… …
