Definition of Ipso facto

1. Adverb. By the fact itself. "Ipso facto, her innocence was established"

Definition of Ipso facto

1. Adverb. By that very fact itself. Compare: eo ipso.The '''Oxford English Dictionary''' (2007) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ipso Facto

ipsatization
ipsatize
ipsatized
ipsatizes
ipsatizing
ipse dixit
ipsedixitism
ipseity
ipselateral
ipsi-
ipsilateral
ipsilateral reflex
ipsilaterally
ipsissimosity
ipso facto (current term)
ipus
iquiqueite
ir-
ira
irable
iracund
irade
irades
iranian
iranite
iraqite
irarsite
irascibilities
irascibility

Literary usage of Ipso facto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"... on board an English ship, by virtue of the king's proclamation, is ipso facto naturalized,under the like restric- ' nous as in statute 12 W. HI. c. ..."

2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... and the laws made in pursuance thereof, shall be, ipso facto, vacated by the fact of any such person committing the offence mentioned in this article, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Tenant's Bankruptcy Not ipso facto Termination of Lease.—The tenant's adjudication as a bankrupt does not ipso facto terminate the lease, nor put an end to ..."

4. History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events by Thomas Jones, Edward Floyd De Lancey (1879)
"Ludlow, in his decision upon the case, declared it as good laiv, that the King became seized, ipso facto, upon the British army taking possession of Long ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"... on board an English ship, by virtue of the king's proclamation, is ipso facto naturalized,under the like restric- ' nous as in statute 12 W. HI. c. ..."

6. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... and the laws made in pursuance thereof, shall be, ipso facto, vacated by the fact of any such person committing the offence mentioned in this article, ..."

7. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Tenant's Bankruptcy Not ipso facto Termination of Lease.—The tenant's adjudication as a bankrupt does not ipso facto terminate the lease, nor put an end to ..."

8. History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events by Thomas Jones, Edward Floyd De Lancey (1879)
"Ludlow, in his decision upon the case, declared it as good laiv, that the King became seized, ipso facto, upon the British army taking possession of Long ..."

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