CONSTRUCTIVE TREASON. An attempt to establish treason by circumstantiality, and not by simple genuine letter of the law, and therefore highly dangerous to public freedom. 12 C. J. Page 1306. 12 Corpus Juris
CONSTRUCTIVE CRIME. One built up by courts with the aid of inference, implication, and strained interpretation. Such crimes are repugnant to the spirit and letter of English and American criminal law. Page 1303 12 Corpus Juris.