That which ls established by the mind of the law in its act of construing facts, conduct, circumstances, or instruments; that which has not the char-acter assigned to lt in its own essential na-ture, but acquires such character ln consequence of the way in which lt is regarded by a rule or policy of law; hence, inferred, im-plled, made out by legal interpretation. Middleton V. Parke, 3 App. D. O. 160
