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What (who) is putative - definition
Putative
·adj Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
putative
adj. commonly believed, supposed or claimed. Thus a putative father is one believed to be the father unless proved otherwise, a putative marriage is one that is accepted as legal when in reality it was not lawful (e.g. due to failure to complete a prior divorce). A putative will is one that appears to be the final will but a later will is found that revokes it and shows that the putative will was not the last will of the deceased.
putative
If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. (LEGAL or FORMAL)
...a putative father.
ADJ: ADJ n
Examples of use of putative
1. Next was Sir Menzies Campbell, putative Lib Dem leader.
2. Meanwhile, this rehearsal for a putative election campaign ignores two important facts.
3. "October", understood in the generality, is now vouchsafed as the next putative date.
4. The Russian anthem boasts a history as strange and ambiguous as its putative subject.
5. A more specific state of mind is required of the putative offender.