Question

de jure The country is a de jure democracy, but since one party controls all the media outlets it really isn't one. də ʤʊr

Accepted Answer

Based on or according to the law. Coming straight from Latin, de jure is a term used mostly, but not always, in legal writing. Sometimes it's not enough to have something written into law; if a law isn't enforced, it might as well not exist. And if ordinary citizens are too scared of what would happen to them if they exercised their rights, then they don't really have those rights at all. Unfortunately, many countries have constitutions and laws that sound good but turn out not to have much effect. So de jure is almost always used in contrast to something else; its opposite is de facto (see de facto).

word	de jure
definition	Based on or according to the law.
eg_sentence	The country is a de jure democracy, but since one party controls all the media outlets it really isn't one.
explanation	Coming straight from Latin, de jure is a term used mostly, but not always, in legal writing. Sometimes it's not enough to have something written into law; if a law isn't enforced, it might as well not exist. And if ordinary citizens are too scared of what would happen to them if they exercised their rights, then they don't really have those rights at all. Unfortunately, many countries have constitutions and laws that sound good but turn out not to have much effect. So de jure is almost always used in contrast to something else; its opposite is de facto (see de facto).
IPA	də ʤʊr

De Jure Based Law Country Democracy Party Controls