Ipso facto
Ipso facto is a
.Aside from its technical uses, it occurs frequently in literature, particularly in scholarly addenda: e.g., "Faustus had signed his life away, and was, ipso facto, incapable of repentance" (from
The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus) or "These prejudices are rooted in the idea that every tramp ipso facto is a blackguard" (from George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
).
In Catholic canon law
Ipso facto denotes the automatic character of the loss of membership in a religious body by someone guilty of a specified action.excommunication. It indicates that the effect follows even if no verdict (in Latin, sententia) is pronounced by an ecclesiastical superior or tribunal.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-86516-485-1.
- ^ "dismissal ipso facto". New Catholic Dictionary. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
External links
The dictionary definition of ipso facto at Wiktionary
