Constructive knowledge: law treats willful ignorance as equivalent to actual awareness, affecting legal responsibility. The concept of constructive knowledge includes actual awareness and knowledge imputed by law when a person deliberately avoids inquiry or shuts their eyes to obvious indications; in such circumstances the law treats willful ignorance as equivalent to actual knowledge.
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Constructive knowledge: law treats willful ignorance as equivalent to actual awareness, affecting legal responsibility.
The concept of constructive knowledge includes actual awareness and knowledge imputed by law when a person deliberately avoids inquiry or shuts their eyes to obvious indications; in such circumstances the law treats willful ignorance as equivalent to actual knowledge.
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