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 voluntary departure — Harvard Law Review compare actual
con·struc·tive·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.