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Putative

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004049

Describing a status, relationship, or fact that is reputed or believed to exist, but has not been legally proven or established. The term is used to qualify a noun, indicating that the assertion is alleged or supposed rather than definitively confirmed. For example, a 'putative father' is a man alleged to be the biological father of a child, a status that requires legal adjudication through a paternity action to become official.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004049
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004049",
  "term": "Putative",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Describing a status, relationship, or fact that is reputed or believed to exist, but has not been legally proven or established. The term is used to qualify a noun, indicating that the assertion is alleged or supposed rather than definitively confirmed. For example, a 'putative father' is a man alleged to be the biological father of a child, a status that requires legal adjudication through a paternity action to become official.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/putative/"
}

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