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"The fact itself" , in the ablative absolute construction, implying instrumentality, by means fact itself. From the dictionary:


ipso facto (îp´so fàk´to) adverb

By the fact itself; by that very fact: An alien, ipso facto, has no right to a U.S. passport.

[New Latin ipso facto : Latin ipso, ablative of ipse, itself + Latin facto, ablative of factum, fact.]

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Ipso facto - adv. [literally, by the fact itself] by that very fact or act; as an inevitable result.

from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - Tenth Edition

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