Tag: Constructive

  • Constructive Notice

    Definition of Constructive Notice In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Notice : Knowledge that the law presumes a person to have even if he is actually ignorant of the facts. A purchaser of unregistered land has constructive notice of all […]

  • Constructive Fraud

    Definition of Constructive Fraud In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Fraud : (legal fraud) Any of certain forms of unintentional deception or misrepresentation (Compare fraud). The concept is applied by equity to those cases in which the […]

  • Constructive Dismissal

    Definition of Constructive Dismissal In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Dismissal : Termination of a contract of employment by an employee because his employer has shown that he does not intend to be bound by some essential term of the […]

  • Constructive Dismissal

    Definition of Constructive Dismissal In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Dismissal : Termination of a contract of employment by an employee because his employer has shown that he does not intend to be bound by some essential term of the […]

  • Constructive Desertion

    Definition of Constructive Desertion In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Desertion : Behaviour by one spouse causing the other to leave the matrimonial home. If the behaviour is so bad that the party who leaves is forced to do so, it is the […]

  • Constructive Desertion

    Definition of Constructive Desertion In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Desertion : Behaviour by one spouse causing the other to leave the matrimonial home. If the behaviour is so bad that the party who leaves is forced to do so, it is the […]

  • Constructive Trust

    Definition of Constructive Trust In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Trust : A *trust imposed by equity to protect the interests of the beneficiaries when a trustee or some other person in a fiduciary relationship gains an advantage through […]

  • Constructive Total Loss

    Definition of Constructive Total Loss In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Constructive Total Loss : A loss of a ship or cargo that is only partial but is treated for the purposes of a marine insurance policy as if it were an *actual total loss. This may…

  • Constructive

    Definition of Constructive In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description 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.