De facto

In and, de facto ("in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even though they are not officially recognized by laws. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with de jure ("by law"), which refers to things that happen according to law.


 * National languages

Several countries, including, , , the and the 🇺🇸, have a de facto national language but no official, de jure national language.

Some countries have a de facto national language in addition to an official language.

Etymology
Latin word de (“from, by”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”)