DE FACTO, i. e. in deed. A term used to denote a thing actually done; a president of the United States de
facto is one in the exercise of the executive power, and is
distinguished from one, who being legally entitled to such power is
ejected from it; the latter would be a president de jure. An officer de
facto is frequently considered as an officer de jure, and his official
acts are of equal validity. 10 S. & R. 250; 4 Binn. R. 371; 11 S.
& R. 411, 414; Coxe, 318; 9 Mass. 231; 10 Mass. 290; 15 Mass. 180; 5 Pick. 487.
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