constructive

  1. Adjective.  Relating to construction.
  2. Adjective.  Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
  3. Adjective.  (legal) Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust.

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