Constructive notice
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Definitions from Case Law
From 339 U.S. 306 - Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 1950Most cited · 18,116 citing opinions
When notice is a person's due, process which is a mere gesture is not due process. The means employed must be such as one desirous of actually informing the absentee might reasonably adopt to accomplish it.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Information or knowledge of a fact imputed by law to a person, (although he may not actually have it,) because he could wave discovered the fact by proper diligence, and his situation was such as to cast upon him the duty of inquiring into it.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Notice inferred by law, as distinguished from actual or formal notice; notice in law; that which is held by law to amount to notice. Actual notice to a party's attorney is constructive notice to the party himself. See Notice.