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Ipso FactoIrrespective of all external considerations of right or wrong; absolutely; by the very deed itself. It sometimes means the act itself carries the consequences (as excommunication without sentence of excommunication being directly pronounced). “Whatever the captain does is right ipso facto [i.e. because it is done by the captain], and any opposition to it is wrong, on board ship.” —R. H. Dana. By burning the Pope's bull, Luther ipso facto [by the very deed itself] denied the Pope's supremacy. Heresy carries excommunication ipso facto. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Ipso Facto from Fact Monster:
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