What is CONSTRUCTIVE CRIME? Definition of CONSTRUCTIVE CRIME in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Where, by a strained construction of a penal statute, it is made to include an act not otherwise punishable, it is said to be a "constructive crime," that is, one built up by the court with the aid of inference and implication. Ex parte McNulty, 77 Cal. 164, 19 P. 237, 11 Am.St.Rep. 257.
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