putative

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pu·ta·tive / ˈpyoōtətiv/ • adj. generally considered or reputed to be: the putative father of a boy of two.DERIVATIVES: pu·ta·tive·ly adv.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

Putative

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PUTATIVE

Alleged; supposed; reputed.

A putative father is the individual who is alleged to be the father of an illegitimate child.

A putative marriage is one that has been contracted in good faith and pursuant to ignorance, by one or both parties, that certain impediments exist to render it null and void.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

putative

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putative XV. — (O)F. putatif or late L. putātīvus, f. pp. stem of L. putāre reckon, think; see -IVE.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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