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Constructive taking

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A phrase used in the law to characterize an act not amounting to an acfual appropriation of chattels, but which shows an intention to convert them to his use; as if a person intrusted with the possession of goods denis with them contrary to the orders of the owner. As to constructive "Breaking," "Contempt," "Contracts," "Conversion," "Delivery," "Eviction," "Fraud," "Larceny," "Malice," "Notice," "Possession," "Seisin," "Service of Process," "Total Loss," "Treason," and "Trusts," see those titles.