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de jure

UK/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ//deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/

de jure adverb: by right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law, particularly as opposed to actual practice.

Adverb

de jure (not comparable)

  1. By right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law, particularly as opposed to actual practice.
    • Near-synonym: technically
    • I used to spend my Sundays playing pinball despite it being de jure illegal under an unenforced bylaw.

Adjective

de jure (not comparable)

  1. Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only.

de jure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

de jure in Hindi

by right
विधिनुसार vidhinusār

de jure in Tamil

உரிமைப்படி, சட்டப்படி, சட்டப்படியான

de jure in Malayalam

by right, rightfully, legally
നിയമപ്രകാരേണ, നിയമപ്രകാരമുള്ള അവകാശം കൊണ്ട്, നിയമപരമായ അവകാശത്താൽ, അവകാശമനുസരിച്ച്, മുറയനുസരിച്ച്, അവകാശപൂർവ്വം

de jure in Kannada

ಹಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ, ಹಕ್ಕಿನ, ನ್ಯಾಯವಾಗಿ, ಕಾನೂನಿಗೆ ಅನುಸಾರವಾಗಿ

Synonyms of de jure

Antonyms

Origin of de jure

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē jūre (literally “according to law”).

Questions about de jure

What does de jure mean?
De jure means by right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law, particularly as opposed to actual practice.
What is de jure in Hindi?
De jure in Hindi is विधिनुसार (vidhinusār). See De jure meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is de jure?
De jure can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce de jure?
De jure is pronounced /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/ (US).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: de jure (page history and authors); de jure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); de jure (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); de jure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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