Constructive
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
That which amounts, in the view of the law, to an act, although the act itself is not really performed. For words under this head, such as "constructive fraud," etc., see the various titles, "Fraud," etc. CONSUETUDINARIUS (Lat.) In old English law. A ritual or book containing the rites and forms of divine offices, or the customs of abbeys and monasteries. A record of the consuetudtnes (customs). Blount; Wishaw.