Putative
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Reputed to be that which is not. The word is frequently used; as, putative father, putative marriage, putative wife, and the like. And Toullier (Dr. Civ. torn. 7, note 29) uses the words putative owner, proprietaire putatif. Lord Kames uses the same expression (Eq. 391).