Ipso jure is a Latin phrase, directly translated as "by the law itself".
[1] The phrase is used to describe legal consequences that occur by the act of the law itself.
For example, if property is held in a tenancy by the entirety by a husband and wife, who then get divorced, the property is converted ipso jure (i.e. by the law itself) into another form of tenancy, usually a tenancy in common, at the very instant the marriage is dissolved.
In all of these situations, when one legally significant fact occurs, other relationships are automatically changed by the law.
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