Word: jure
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Inauguration Day a thick drizzle fell on Havana's gold-domed Presidential Palace, but in its Salon of Mirrors Cuba's pomp watched the island's de facto boss become its de jure leader. Outside, wet thousands gathered in Misiones Park, with bands blaring, cheered a balcony appearance by the newly sworn President. Same day, President Batista issued a manifesto to the press:"It is true that the revolutionary cycle has ended. I wish to be good and to be loved by my people. I have no triumph. It is an ideal that has triumphed-the ideal...
...took exactly eight minutes. Clerk of the Court Greffier Jardel read the oath: "Do you swear honestly and faithfully to fulfill your duties, to guard religiously the secrets of the deliberations, and to act throughout as a worthy and loyal magistrate?" One after another the seven justices said: "Je jure." Then Chief Justice Caous adjourned the court. The long and painstaking inquiry into the responsibility for France's defeat was scheduled to begin this week...