de jure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/, /dɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ/, (sometimes) IPA^(key): /də-/, /-ˈd͡ʒʊ(ə)ɹ/, /-ˈʒʊəɹeɪ/, /-ˈʒʊɹ/, /-ˈjʊəɹeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ/,IPA^(key): /deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪ/, IPA^(key): /diː ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   Synonyms: legally, legalistically

   Coordinate terms: de facto; in fact, in practice; really, truly; see also Thesaurus:actually

   Near-synonym: technically

   I used to spend my Sundays playing pinball despite it being de jure illegal under an unenforced bylaw.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: de jure (nl)
• Spanish: de iure (es), de jure (de iure)

Adjective

de jure (not comparable)

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

   Coordinate terms: de facto; real, true; see also Thesaurus:genuine, Thesaurus:lawful

Antonyms

• de facto

Translations

by right

• Armenian: դե յուրե (hy) (de yure)
• Catalan: de iure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法理上

• Dutch: de jure (nl)
• Finnish: de jure (fi), lain mukaan, laillisesti (fi)
• French: de jure (fr), de droit (fr)
• Galician: de dereito, de jure
• German: de jure (de)
• Greek: εκ του νόμου (ek tou nómou), ντε γιούρε (el) (nte gioúre), αυτοδικαίως (el) (aftodikaíos)
• Hindi: विधिनुसार (vidhinusār)
• Japanese: デ・ジュリ (de-juri), 法律上の (ほうりつじょうの, hōritsujō no)
• Polish: wedle prawa, de iure (pl)
• Portuguese: de jure (pt)
• Russian: де-ю́ре (ru) (dɛ-júrɛ), юриди́ческий (ru) (juridíčeskij), по пра́ву (ru) (po právu)
• Swedish: de jure (sv)
• Turkish: dejure, hükmen (tr)

See also

• in name

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin de iure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de ˈjuːʁə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adverb

de jure

1. de jure

   Synonyms: (rein) rechtlich, von Rechts wegen, formaljuristisch

   Coordinate term: de facto

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Adverb

de jure

1. (law) de jure

Adjective

de jure

1. (law) de jure

Further reading

• “de jure”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Prepositional phrase

dē jūre

1. alternative spelling of dē iūre

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adjective

de jure (invariable, not comparable)

1. de jure (according to the law)

Further reading

• “de jure”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “de jure”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026