De facto means in fact, and de jure means in law. De Jure slavery would refer to legalised slavery. De facto slavery would not be in a legal sense, but would be the situation nonetheless.
De Facto - De Facto album - was created in 1999.
"Carpe"=Seize "Facto"=Facts "Carpe Facto"="seize the facts"
? ipso facto ? because it is true.
Ipso facto.
That would be making a law retroactive to a date before the passing of the law. The US Constitution forbids doing it. That would be known as an Ex Post Facto Law and is unconstitutional.
de facto means 'concerning fact' or 'in reality'. So de jure (concerning law) equality would mean equality in law (but not necessarily in fact) and de facto equality would mean equality in practice. A good real life example is race relations in the US. The 1965 Civil Rights Act ended de jure discrimination and inequality in America, but de facto discrimination and inequality persisted.
Irates de facto was created in 1980.
Since the President resigned, the Vice President became the de facto President. In the sentence, de facto is expressing a fact.
ex post facto ex post facto
I believe it's "ex post facto."
A de facto director is a person or committee that acts in place of a director in a corporation. The de facto director is legally responsible for the corporation.