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                        social security number
                    
                    
                    
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                        south ossetia
                    
                    
                    
                        republic of china
                    
                    
                    
                        marriage
                    
                    
                    
                        common law
                    
                    
                    
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                        de jure
                    
                    
                    
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                        northern cyprus
                    
                    
                    
                        jammu and kashmir
                    
                    
                    
                        pre furman
                    
                    
                    
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            Definitions:
Noun
Definition: A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
Adjective
                        
                        
                            de facto
                        
                        
                        
                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"
Definition: In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)
Adverb
                        
                        
                            de facto
                        
                        
                        
                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: in reality or fact; "the result was, de facto, a one-party system"
Definition: In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.