A dead body is in one mortuary. A second mortuary that has control of the final disposition is said to have

• A. Constructive Possession
• B. Actual Possession
• C. Joint Possession
• D. Dominion Possession

Answer: (A)

Constructive possession means having the legal right to control or dispose of the body, even if the body isn’t physically in your custody. Here, the second mortuary isn’t holding the body, but it does have the authority to determine the final disposition. That legal control over how the body will be disposed satisfies the idea of constructive possession.

Actual possession would require the body to be physically in that mortuary, which isn’t described here. The other terms aren’t the standard way to describe this arrangement in funeral service practice: one facility can have the right to direct disposition without actual custody, and “dominion possession” isn’t a commonly used term for this context.