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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

De facto officer

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
One whose acts, though not those of a lawful officer, the law, upon principles of policy, will hold valid. See 21 Nev. 47, 37 Am. St. Rep. 478, 9 L. R. A. 59, 24 Pac. 367.