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Definition of Putative
1. Adjective. Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds. "The putative author of the book"
Definition of Putative
1. a. Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
Definition of Putative
1. Adjective. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putative
1. generally regarded as such [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putative
Literary usage of Putative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Baron and Femme: Of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Master by Tapping Reeve, Amasa Junius Parker, Charles E. Baldwin (1882)
"At the time that the judgment is rendered in favor of the woman, there is also
a judgment of the court that the putative father find securities to pay the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1895)
"Mother preferred to the putative Father ; Custody. — The doctrine that a natural
tie connects the illegitimate child peculiarly with his mother was ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1889)
"Mother preferred to the putative Father; Custody.— The doctrine that a natural
tie connects the illegitimate child peculiarly with his mother was recognized ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"FRIEDRICH PUSTET. putative Marriage.—putative (Lat. ... A putative marriage,
consequently, in canon law is a matrimonial alliance which is commonly reputed ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"putative CRIMINAL The term "putative criminals" has been defined to be all who
... putative MARRIAGE A "putative marriage" is one which Is in reality null, ..."
6. Dickinson's Guide to the Quarter Sessions and Other Sessions of the Peace by Thomas Noon Talfourd, William Dickinson (1841)
"If Payments ordered by Sessions get in Arrear, putative Father may be proceeded
against by Distress, or Attachment of Wages.]— By 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 76, s. ..."
7. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Francis Towers Streeten, Henry John Hodgson (1852)
"4, requiring notice of appeal to be given " within twenty-four hours after the
adjudication and making of any order on the putative father," the time for ..."
8. A Treatise on the Law of Scotland Relative to Parent and Child and Guardian by Patrick Fraser Fraser, Hugh Cowan (1866)
"Legitimacy H. A putative marriage is one where the parties, ... In the case of
a putative marriage, the law does not condemn the connection in the same way ..."
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