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Constructive Trust

April 1, 2017 by: Content Team

A constructive trust is a legal concept created by the courts that describes the remedy that can be sought when a person holds the legal right to property that he should not be able to keep. This property is property that is illegally gained through fraud, wrongdoing, or some other kind of reprehensible behavior. The purpose of a constructive trust […]

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