States sometimes become victims of political troubles, called revolts, rebellions, coups d’etat, revolutions, wars and foreign aggression. A rebel leader, a revolutionary party, a military junta, or a war leader, a priest or a prophet may overthrow the established government or destroy its power from a portion or whole of the country. The State is then in a crisis. It is to explain such times of crisis and transition, that the two terms, “de jure” and “de facto” Sovereignty, are used. (“De jure” means “by law” and “de facto” means ‘in fact’.)<\/p>