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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ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o... -
CERTIORARI , practice. To be certified of; to be informed of. This is the name of a writ issued from a superior court directed to one of... -
DOWER . An estate for life, which the law gives the widow in the third part of the lands and tenements, or hereditaments of which the ... -
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COMPROMISE , contracts. An agreement between two or more persons, who, to avoid a lawsuit, amicably settle their differences, on such te...
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MANIA , med. jur. This subject will be considered by examining it, first, in a medical point of view; and, secondly, as to its legal c...
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DEPARTMENT . A portion of a country. In France, the country is divided into departments, which are somewhat similar to the counties in...
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DEPARTMENT . A portion of a country. In France, the country is divided into departments, which are somewhat similar to the counties in...
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DESCENT . Hereditary succession. Descent is the title, whereby a person, upon the death of his ancestor, acquires the estate of the la...
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CHOICE . Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. (q. v.) CHOSE , property. This is...
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A , the first letter of the English and most other alphabets, is frequently used as an abbreviation, (q. v.) and also in the marks of ...
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