See Also: presumptive(dictionary)
presumptive(dictionary)
presumptive region(medicine)
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE(law)
PRESUMPTIVE HEIR(law)

presumptive (iou)



presumptive adjective. LME.
[French presomptif, -ive from late Latin praesumptivus, formed as PRESUMPTION: see -IVE.]
Based on presumption or inference; presumed, inferred. LME.
heir presumptive a person whose right of inheritance can be superseded by the birth of another (cf. heir apparent s.v. APPARENT adjective 2).
W. Kennedy He avoided the Phelan headstones on the presumptive grounds that they belonged to another family.
b. Embryology. Of tissue: that is not yet differentiated but will develop into a specified part. M20.
Of evidence: giving reasonable grounds for inferences. M16.
= PRESUMPTUOUS. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
presumptively adverb L17.