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Noun: constructive trust
  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
    "The judge imposed a constructive trust on the embezzled funds";
    - involuntary trust

Derived forms: constructive trusts

Type of: implied trust

Encyclopedia: Constructive trust