0 existing in fact, although perhaps not intended, legal, or accepted:
1 a person someone lives with as a wife or a husband, although they are not married:
2 existing in fact, although not necessarily intended or legal:
3 existing in fact, but not officially decided or approved:
With selective re-centralization measures, de facto federalism is gradually being institutionalized.
The main problem in implementing the gas directive is the position of statutory or de facto monopolies in gas transmission.
The second source is owned de jure by the state but where households de facto utilize the area without due concern for ownership.
Allowing water to be traded in an irrigation system with de facto riparian rights can increase the efficiency of water use.
Many congregations, for instance, developed a complex hierarchy of offices, which de facto seemed less personalized than those of the state.
Compared to de facto federalism, the advantages of federalism are obvious.
At the same time, judicial review tends to contribute to a creeping supranationalisation of both de facto and de jure competences.
In this case, the decision to wait for other secondary data is de facto judged as more attractive than investing resources to collect these data.
