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De jure is a legal term that means "according to the law". A de jure claim concerns something that may legally be the case, but this says nothing about whether the action or claim is de facto legal, i.e. it can be done.

For example, jaywalking is de jure illegal. This means that there are laws forbidding jaywalking. However, those laws are rarely enforced, which is why it is rare to hear of someone fined for jaywalking. Selling heroin is also de jure illegal, but this law is more often enforced.

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