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Constructive Trust

Definition: Constructive Trust

Constructive Trust

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Constructive Trust

DomainDefinition

Law

A trust that exists by the operation of the law of equity, not by any planned intention of the parties, such as when a mortgagee uses his power of sale and sells the property at a surplus he becomes a trustee under a constructuve trust for the amount of the surplus; he must in fairness pass the surplus to the mortgagor. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Constructive Trust

Synonym: involuntary trust (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Constructive Trust

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

constructive trust

21
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Modern Translation: Constructive Trust

Language Translations for "constructive trust"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

constructive trust (implied trust, resulting trust), implied trust (implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

constructive trust (implied trust, resulting trust), implied trust (implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

French

  

trust par détermination de la loi, trust implicitement consenti, fiducie par interprétation, fiducie judiciaire. (various references)

   

German

  

constructive trust (implied trust, resulting trust), implied trust (implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

Italian

  

constructive trust (implied trust, resulting trust), implied trust (implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onstructivecay usttray

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Anagrams: Constructive Trust

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t-t-u-u-v"

-5 letters: constructive, countersuits, reconstructs.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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