1. de jure - Adjective
2. de jure - Adverb
4. de jure - Phrase
By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.
Source: Webster's dictionaryde jure recognition of the new government Source: Internet
we are lawfully wedded now Source: Internet
Bulgaria was also free but was de jure vassal to the Ottoman Empire until official independence was declared in 1908. Source: Internet
At the same time, these institutions are also consequences of political institutions - especially how de facto and de jure political power is allocated. Source: Internet
Both countries sought to claim the whole archipelago based on de jure Spanish colonial titles. Source: Internet
But, unlike all other Axis states, Finland never signed the Tripartite Pact and so Finland never was de jure an Axis nation. Source: Internet