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CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does constructive trust mean?
• CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST (noun)
The noun CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST has 1 sense:
1. a trust created by a court (regardless of the intent of the parties) to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights
Familiarity information: CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A trust created by a court (regardless of the intent of the parties) to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
constructive trust; involuntary trust
Hypernyms ("constructive trust" is a kind of...):
implied trust (a trust inferred by operation of law)
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