Judicial Dictionary



Title De facto
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Of fact; founded in fact; in deed, in point of fact; actually, really.
Existing as a matter of fact rather than of right.
A de facto guardian is one who is not a legal guardian in the sense that he is neither a natural guardian nor a testamentary guardian nor a guardian appointed by court, but who being interested in the minor through stranger takes charge of the management of the minor’s property. ….. [Palani Goundam v. Vanjiakkal AIR 1956 Mad 476]