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'''''De facto''''' ({{IPAc-en|d|eɪ|_|ˈ|f|æ|k|t|oʊ|,_|d|i|_|-|,_|d|ə|_|-}} {{respell|day|_|FAK|toh|,_|dee|_-|,_|də|_-}},<ref>''Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary''. S.v. "[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/de+facto de facto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124122400/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/de+facto |date=2021-01-24 }}." Retrieved January 12, 2018</ref> {{IPA|la|deː ˈfaktoː|lang|audio=de facto.wav}}; {{literal translation|in fact}}) describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.<ref name="Dictionary.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/de-facto|title=de facto|work=Dictionary.com|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124122404/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/de-facto|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>See I. 3. {{cite OED2|de facto}}</ref> It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''[[de jure]]'' ("by law").