<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up de jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up de jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> In law and government, de jure (/ deɪ ˈdʒʊrɪ /; Latin: de iure, "in law") describes practices that are legally recognised, whether or not the practices exist in reality . In contrast, de facto ("in fact" or "in practice") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised . The terms are often used to contrast different scenarios: for a colloquial example, "I know that, de jure, this is supposed to be a parking lot, but now that the flood has left four feet of water here, it's a de facto swimming pool". </P>

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