CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("constructive possession" is a kind of...):

ownership; possession (the act of having and controlling property)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)