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Presumptive heir
(gcide) | Presumptive \Pre*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]somptif.]
1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable
evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
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2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Presumptive evidence (Law), that which is derived from
circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact,
as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof;
indirect or circumstantial evidence. "Presumptive evidence
of felony should be cautiously admitted." --Blackstone.
The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive
(or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned;
all evidence being now more or less direct and more or
less presumptive.
Presumptive heir. See Heir presumptive, under Heir.
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PRESUMPTIVE HEIR
(bouvier) | PRESUMPTIVE HEIR. One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would
under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of
inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being
born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the
birth of a child to the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208.
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PRESUMPTIVE HEIR
(bouvier) | PRESUMPTIVE HEIR. One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would
under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of
inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being
born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the
birth of a child to the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208.
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