IPSO (IHP-soh)
Ipso
facto: By the fact itself Common clues: ____
facto; Facto front?; Itself (Latin) Crossword
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Ipso
facto is a Latin phrase, directly translated as by the fact
itself. It is a term of art used in philosophy and law.
In
law, this phrase is frequently employed to convey the idea that
something which has been done contrary to law is void. For
example, if a married man, during the life of his wife, of which
he had knowledge, should marry another woman, the latter marriage
would be void ipso facto; that is, on that fact being proved, the
second marriage would be declared void ab initio.
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."
(re: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus.)
Ipso
facto can be used in a religious context to denote an individual
guilty of specified actions considered unlawful by a committee
resulting in removal of membership from said religious body.
Dismissal ipso facto is automatic in these type of cases.
Within
the Catholic Faith; apostasy can result in such an ipso facto
discharge. Dismissal ipso facto is a legitimate means utilized by
a religious body to insulate itself from what it deems as
destructive conduct.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Ipso facto".
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