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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. by right; according to law;
- Example: "de jure recognition of the new government"


ADVERB (1)

1. by law; conforming to the law;
- Example: "we are lawfully wedded now"
[syn: legally, lawfully, de jure]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

De jure \De` ju"re\ [L.] By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

de jure adv 1: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now" [syn: legally, lawfully, de jure] [ant: unlawfully] adj 1: by right; according to law; "de jure recognition of the new government" [ant: de facto]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

DE JURE, by right. Vide De facto.