Constructive possession — is a legal fiction to describe a situation where an individual has actual control over chattels or real property without actually having physical control of the same assets. At law, a person with constructive possession stands in the same legal… … Wikipedia
constructive possession — That possession which the law annexes to the title; sometimes called legal possession, or possession in law, to distinguish it from possession in deed or in fact, which actual occupancy gives. 42 Am J1st Prop § 42. As applied to a dissersor: a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
constructive possession — noun (law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑possession, ↑ownership … Useful english dictionary
constructive possession — legal ownership rights … English contemporary dictionary
constructive — con·struc·tive /kən strək tiv/ adj: created by a legal fiction: as a: inferred by a judicial construction or interpretation b: not actual but implied by operation of the law made a constructive entry when he refused to take the opportunity for a… … Law dictionary
possession — pos·ses·sion /pə ze shən/ n 1: the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a: actual possession in this entry b: constructive possession in … Law dictionary
Constructive treason — refers to the judicial extension of the statutory definition of the crime of treason. For example, the English Treason Act 1351 declares it to be treason When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King. This was subsequently… … Wikipedia
general constructive possession — That possession which the law attaches to the title to real property where there is no actual possession in the owner of the title, and no one in adverse possession of the property; to be distinguished from that construc tive possession known as… … Ballentine's law dictionary
possession — Having control over a thing with the intent to have and to exercise such control. Oswald v. Weigel, 219 Kan. 616, 549 P.2d 568, 569. The detention and control, or the manual or ideal custody, of anything which may be the subject of property, for… … Black's law dictionary
Possession (law) — In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it. A person may be in possession of some property (although possession does not… … Wikipedia
