[ip-soh fak-toh] 
| by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto. |
| ip·so fac·to (ĭp'sō fāk'tō) adv. By the fact itself; by that very fact: An alien, ipso facto, has no right to a U.S. passport. [New Latin ipsō factō : Latin ipsō, ablative of ipse, itself + Latin factō, ablative of factum, fact.] |
