constructive possession

1. 1.

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

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   law

Questions about constructive possession

What does constructive possession mean?

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

Is constructive possession a common word?

constructive possession is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.