De jure means 'by law', either by a court decision or by legislation. Affirmative action, for example, if ever written into legislation or decided would be an example of de jure discrimination.
jure power = legislation ;facto power=justice
De jure means decided by law, and de facto is decided by 'fact' or, 'real life'. When you decide not to wear a jacket when it rains, no policeman will arrest you and have you tried and a judge sentence to 'be cold'; that is a 'de facto' result of your decision.
"De jure" means "concerning law" while "de facto" means "concerning fact". A state may be de jure sovereign without being de facto sovereign, because a greater nation maintains economic or political hegemony over them, as Syria did with Lebanon. Or vice versa: de facto sovereign without being de jure sovereign, like the tribal areas of Pakistan.
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 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.
Custody may be characterized as 'de facto' or as 'de jure'. A 'de facto' custody refers to the custodial arrangement that 'in fact' is in effect. This arrangement may or may not tally with a 'de jure' custody. A 'de jure' custody refers to the custodial arrangement that is approved according to the particular standards and systems of law.
The English meaning of the Latin phrase 'de facto' is 'in' ['de'] 'fact' ['facto']. So the phrase 'de facto capital of the Caliphate' means the city that in fact serves as the capital city. The English meaning of the Latin phrase 'de jure' is 'in' ['de'] 'law' ['jure']. In this example, the city that the law recognizes as the capital isn't the city that actually fills the role.
De facto in 1901, de jure in 1953.
If something is de facto it means it is a reality, a fact of life, even if not approved in law (de jure).eg: Kosovo exists as a de facto country because, de jure, it is still part of Serbia.eg de jure one cannot park one's car on the pavement but de facto everyone does.
De jure translates from Latin to English as, "to law." As an adverb, de jure refers to conditions created by enacted law, as opposed to "de facto," conditions created by social or economic circumstances, but not by law.For example, the US Supreme Court declared de jure racial segregation [enacted laws] unconstitutional, but many inner-city schools suffer de facto segregation because the school district serves an area populated by lower income African-American families.
De facto means "according to the fact", and refers to a situation as it actually exists, regardless of what the law specifies. The alternative is De jure, "according to the law". A de jure ruler occupies the ruling office or position established by law; a de facto ruler is the one who actually wields the power.
The Latin phrase 'de facto' refers to something as being a fact. And so 'de facto' justice refers to what's in effect in terms of a system of reconciling degrees of guilt with degrees of punishment. But the system isn't backed up by the legal framework. A justice system that's based on and backed up by the existing laws is called 'de jure'. An example of 'de facto' and 'de jure' is the Islamic justice system of Afghanistan through the Taliban. Before the Taliban came to power, their justice was 'de facto', but not backed up by the existing laws, and therefore not 'de jure'. Once the Taliban came to power, their system was 'de jure'. But nowadays, their system of justice is back to 'de facto' wherever it isn't in accord with the established legal system.