DE JURE Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

de jure

adjective

Definition of de jure

as in statutory

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Adjective

If convicted, the charges bring a statutory maximum of life in prison and a minimum of 10 years.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Investigators missed statutory elements of stalking, which could have provided an opportunity to arrest the suspect.

— Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of statutory

Adjective

That's done through an amparo, an appeal that challenges her fundamental constitutional rights.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The judges pressed federal lawyers on whether the request violates states’ constitutional authority over elections and whether the appeals court can intervene before a lower-court ruling.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of constitutional

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Any function whose work can be pointed at a proper model of its underlying business, instead of at a general-purpose language model, is starting to compound the same way Anthropic’s engineering did a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Pentecostal parents Ruth and Marius were accused of domestic violence, with worldwide protests criticizing what dissenters called harsh and hasty steps taken by Norwegian social workers without proper evidence.

— Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of proper

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The violence against law enforcement and serious damage to the city are not justifiable.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
But if the ironic remove of his comic voice was part of what allowed Macdonald to speak so many uncomfortable truths, Apatow creating a remove of his own is justifiable.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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