de facto king

de facto king
A usurper who has secured possession of the throne. Temporary allegiance is due such a king, for his administration of the government, and the temporary protection of the public. "Treasons committed against Henry the Sixth were punished under Edward the Fourth, though all the line of Lancaster had been previously declared usurpers by Act of Parliament." See 4 Bl Comm 77.

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