08-14-2007, 05:07 PM
Andy Wrote:princeton law book says Wrote:de facto means "in fact," or "as a matter of fact"; de jure means "as a matter of law." Examples: In this town, the clergy have de facto immunity to the traffic laws. In the eyes of the law, of course, a speeder is a speeder; but no cop hereabouts would actually give a clergyman a speeding ticket. The old brigand wielded a de facto authority over his pack of thieves--though of course he had no legal authority. ersatz
Equal safety is defacto though not de jure.
Andy nailed it. Chad was arguing that it's not de jure and everyone else was arguing that it was defacto. The two are not mutually exclusive. Yay asian smarts!
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth