de jure (deɪ ˈdʒʊəreɪ) ![]() | |
| —adv | |
| Compare de facto according to law; by right; legally | |
| [Latin] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Determined by law. In the American South, racial segregation was de jure, but in the North, it was de facto.