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In this heading word meaning reveals: de jure, de facto, deja vu.

De jure (from Latin de jure, literally – "by right") – in international law – plenary, final and official confession of the state and the government other states, the international organizations. Informally the term "de jure" also is used for the description something that should eat from the point of view of the law (right), sometimes for underlining of discrepancy of an available situation.

De facto (from Latin de facto, literally – "in practice") – in international law: one of forms of recognition of the state and the government other states, the international organizations, meaning official, but not final recognition. Such recognition usually is temporary, as though a transitional stage to recognition "de jure". Informally the term "de facto" also is used for the description something that takes place now, now, despite any statements, assurances. Often this term apply as contrast to concept "de jure".

Deja vu (fr. déjà vu – already videnny) – a psychological condition at which the person feels that it once already was in a similar situation, however this feeling doesn’t contact a certain moment of the past, and belongs to the past in general. The deja vu is usually accompanied by feeling of strangeness and unreality of the events. The term is used for the first time by the French psychologist Emil Buarak (1851-1917) in the book L’Avenirdessciencesphychiques (Future psychology).

The opposite term of the Deja vu – a condition when the person in a habitual situation feels that it here never was.