Constructive conversion
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An implied or virtual conversion, which takes place where a person does such acts in reference to the goods of another as amount in law to the appropriation of the property to himself.
Scruggs v. Scruggs (C. C.) 105 Fed. 28: Laverty v. Sneth-en, 68 N. Y. 524, 23 Am. Rep. 184.