资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Constructive \Con*struct"ive\, a. [Cf. F. constructif.]
1. Having ability to construct or form; employed in
construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
The constructive fingers of Watts. --Emerson.
2. Derived from, or depending on, construction or
interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
{Constructive crimes} (Law), acts having effects analogous to
those of some statutory or common law crimes; as,
constructive treason. Constructive crimes are no longer
recognized by the courts.
{Constructive notice}, notice imputed by construction of law.
{Constructive trust}, a trust which may be assumed to exist,
though no actual mention of it be made.