constructive vs in practice

constructive

adj
  • Relating to or causing construction. 

  • Not direct or expressed, but inferred. 

  • Imputed by law; created to give legal effect to something for equitable reasons, as with constructive notice or a constructive trust. 

  • Carefully considered and meant to be helpful. 

in practice

prep
  • really, in effect. Not hypothetically. 

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