CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does constructive possession mean? 

• CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION (noun)
  The noun CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION has 1 sense:

1. (law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

  Familiarity information: CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("constructive possession" is a kind of...):

ownership; possession (the act of having and controlling property)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)