Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constructive

Meaning of Constructive

Used in contrast to the word actual ; a fiction . That which the law deems or construes as existing; a right , liability or status without reference to the intention of the parties . Thus, constructive trust arises when a stranger to a trust already constituted is held by the court to be bound in good faith and in conscience by the trust in consequence of his conduct and behavior . Such conduct or behavior the court construes as involving him in the duties and responsibilities of a trustee , although but for such conduct and behavior he would be a stranger to the trust.

Constructive Alternative Definition

That which amounts, in the view of the law, to an act, although the act itself is not really performed. For words under this head, such as “constructive fraud,” etc., see the various titles, “Fraud,” etc.

Synonyms of Constructive

(Creative), adjective

advantageous
applicable
causative
contributive
convenient
cooperative
desirable
developmental
effective
effectual
efficient
fabricative
favorable
formative
generative
helpful
important
improving
instrumental
invaluable
operative
originative
practical
productive
profitable
resultant
serviceable
significant
stimulating
suitable
usable
useful
valuable
worthy
yielding

(Inferential), adjective

apparent
assumable
conceivable
connoted
constructional
implicative
implicatory
implicit
implied
implied in law
in effect
in essence
in practice
indicated
indirect
indirectly meant
inferable
inferred
inferred in law
insinuated
involved
parallel
potential
pragmatic
presumable
presumed
probable
seeming
suggested
supposable
tacit
tacitly assumed
tantamount to
understood
virtual Associated Concepts: constructive contempt
constructive contract
constructive control
constructive conversion
constructive delivery
constructive desertion
constructive escape
constructive eviction
constructive force
constructive fraud
constructive gift
constructive intent
constructive knowledge
constructive malice
constructive mortgage
constructive notice
constructive possession
constructive receipt
constructive total loss
constructive trespass
constructive trust
constructively present

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Actual, Aid And Abet, Bailment, Constructive Fraud, Constructive Knowledge, Constructive Trust, Contempt Of Court, Contract, Delivery, Fraud, Implied Contract, Judgment In Rem, , , Notice, Possession, Seisin, Symbolic Delivery, Total Loss.

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Constructive in Law Enforcement

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English Legal System: Constructive

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Constructive : adj.

Describing anything that is deemed by law to exist or to have happened, even though that is not in fact the case.

United States Tax Concept of Constructive Receipt

A tax rule that taxes income which is not received by you but which you may draw upon. You have received income when it is available to you, regardless of whether you actually take possession of it.

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