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{{g}}{{pe}}An excellent legal contrivance addressing the state of affairs — or [[parallel universe]], more like — in which one would have been had all been well in the world. It starts with “[[constructive knowledge]]”: knowledge a prudent chap ''ought'' to have had, had he stopped to think about it, when the historical record reveals he did not. This cognitive state which pays no heed to the [[brute facts]] of his imperfect existence, in which his Vauxhall Astra is unapologetically now wrapped around a lamp post he would have, [[in a perfect world]], known was there and diligently avoided.
{{Def|Constructive|/kənˈstrʌktɪv/|adj|[[File:Car.jpg|450px|thumb|center|What happens when you have constructive, but not actual, knowledge of a lamp-post that is in your way.]]}}An excellent legal contrivance addressing the state of affairs — or [[parallel universe]], more like — in which one would have been, had all been well in the world, and not the utter shit-show it actually was. It starts with “[[constructive knowledge]]”: knowledge a prudent merchant ''ought'' to have had, had {{sex|she}} stopped to think, when the historical record reveals she plainly did not. This is a cognitive state which pays no heed to the [[brute facts]] of her imperfect existence, in which her Mini is unapologetically now wrapped around a lamp-post she would have, [[in a perfect world]], diligently known was there and diligently avoided.


Then there are [[constructive trust]]s, fabulous creatures of the [[courts of chancery]], which deem one fellow the fiduciary of another for matters which, in plain sight, he was not.
Then there are [[constructive trust]]s, fabulous creatures of the [[courts of chancery]], which deem one fellow the fiduciary of another for matters which, in plain sight, he was not.