Subnational entities and regions that function as de facto independent states, with the central government exercising little or no control over their territory, but that do not explicitly claim to be independent.

In politics, a de facto leader of a country or region is one who has assumed authority, regardless of whether by lawful, constitutional, or legitimate means; very frequently, the term is reserved for those whose power is thought by some faction to be held by unlawful, unconstitutional, or otherwise illegitimate means, often because it had ...

2025年3月9日 · De facto, a legal concept used to refer to what happens in reality or in practice, as opposed to de jure (“from the law”), which refers to what is actually notated in legal code. For example, a de facto leader is someone who exerts authority over a country but whose legitimacy is broadly rejected,

De facto standard是通过传统、执行力或市场占有率等手段获得主导地位的标准（或正式或非正式）。它未必通过标准化过程获得正式批准，可能没有官方标准文件。

2018年9月20日 · In the world of law, if something is de facto, that means it exists in fact, even if not legally recognized. For example, de facto corporations may have failed to file all of the necessary paperwork to be legally recognized as corporations, yet have behaved in such a way as to be considered corporations “in fact.” To explore this concept ...

It has been almost 20 years since the publication of International Society and the De Facto State by Scott Pegg in 1998, the first book-length substantive theoretical attempt to investigate the phenomenon of de facto states—secessionist entities that control territory,

10 小时之前 · Getting Real About De Facto States. You know, it's easy to think that every country in the world is officially recognized and has a seat at the United Nations. But actually, there's a whole other layer to this: de facto states. These are regions that act like independent countries but aren't officially recognized.

De facto sovereignty refers to a situation where a government has control and authority over a territory, even if it may not have legal recognition or legitimacy. On the other hand, de jure sovereignty refers to a government that has both control and legal recognition as the legitimate authority over a territory.

A de facto sovereign state, unlike a de jure sovereign state, is one that has all the functioning apparatus of a state — a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the ability to engage in relations with other states — but lacks full international recognition.

De facto states are basically regarded as political authorities functioning within a certain territory, but lacking international legal recognition. The parent states refers to political units that have international legal recognition, but are unable to exercise authority over a …