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Definition: Constructive Trust |
Constructive TrustNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonym: Constructive TrustSynonym: involuntary trust (n). (additional references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
constructive trust | 21 |
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| 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 | ||||
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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