Timeline for What does the term 'De Facto' mean?
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| Mar 21, 2018 at 5:31 | comment | added | JDF | @StevenLittman en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom disagrees with you. English is the de facto official language. The only de jure official language in the UK is Welsh. | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 21:15 | comment | added | Steven Littman | @JHCL--Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages_by_state | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 12:28 | comment | added | JHCL | An aside: I'm not at all sure that the UK has an official state language 'recognised by law'. I'm pretty sure that Wales does (and the status of Welsh may be matched by English in that Principality), but the UK as a whole? Any reference? | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 6:24 | comment | added | user2901512 | Cheers Steven :) | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 4:19 | comment | added | Steven Littman | Jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, etc., all relate to the Latin juris (iuris in Caesar's day) meaning "right". Unfortunately, I understand that jay as in jaywalking comes from obsolete slang in which jay = a fool. | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 3:44 | vote | accept | user2901512 | ||
| Nov 4, 2015 at 3:44 | comment | added | user2901512 | Hey Steven, thanks for your answer. It's helped cleared things up a bit. What I just realised also is that, perhaps, the jure in de jure, is strongly related to jury, where facto in de facto means fact. Maybe am wrong, though it would be interesting coincidence if that not be the case! By the way, you say that logic dictates that something that is de jure is also de facto, but what if a law is enforced yet not really recognised by members and enforcers of society, like J walking? Would this make J walking de jure ,but not de facto? | |
| Nov 4, 2015 at 2:14 | history | edited | Steven Littman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 4, 2015 at 2:08 | history | answered | Steven Littman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |