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ipso facto

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ip·so fac·to  (ps fkt)
adv.
By the fact itself; by that very fact: An alien, ipso facto, has no right to a U.S. passport.

[New Latin ips fact : Latin ips, ablative of ipse, itself + Latin fact, ablative of factum, fact.]

ipso facto
Adverb
by that very fact or act [Latin]
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Adv.1.ipso facto - by the fact itself; "ipso facto, her innocence was established"


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