De jure
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. Of right; by right; growing out of right; rightfidly.
4 BL Com. 77.
Magna Charta, c.
16.
Bract, fol.
45.
Usually opposed to de facto, (q. v.) DE LA PLUIS BEALE (or BELLE.^ L. Fr. Of the most fair. A term applied to a species of dower, which was assigned out of the fairest of the husband's tenements. Litt sect. 48. This was abolished with the military tenures. 2 BL Com. 132. 1 Steph. Com. 252.