constructive total loss:
(1805)

1. Such serious damage to the insured property that the cost of repairs would exceed the value of the thing repaired. — aka constructive loss.

2. Marine underwriting. According to the traditional American rule, such serious damage to the insured property that the cost of repairs would exceed half the value of the thing repaired. — Abbr. CTL. [1]

1. A loss of such a character as to authorize the insured to abandon the property and recover as for a total loss, although there is not an absolute extinction of the subject of the insurance.  29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1571. [2]

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