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Constructive

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

constructive


: created by a legal fiction: as
a : inferred by a judicial construction or interpretation
b : not actual but implied by operation of the law [made a entry when he refused to take the opportunity for a voluntary departure "Harvard Law Review"] compare actual
con·struc·tive·ly adv




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