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CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION
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I. (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)