Con·struct·ive a.
1. Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
The constructive fingers of Watts. --Emerson.
2. Derived from, or depending on, construction, inference, or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
Constructive crimes Law, acts having effects analogous to those of some statutory or common law crimes; as, constructive treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts.
Constructive notice, notice imputed by construction of law.
Constructive trust, a trust which may be assumed to exist, though no actual mention of it be made.
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