Constructive
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
That which is interpreted. Constructive presence, in the commission of crimes, is when a party is not actually present, an eye-witness to its commission, but acting with others, is watching while another commits the crime. 1 Russ. Cr. 22.
— Constructive larceny, 1s one where the taking. not apparently felonious, but by construction of the prisoner’s acts it is just to presume he intended at the time of taking to appropriate the property feloniously to his own use. 2 East, P. C. 685; 1 Leach, 212.