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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presumptive  \Pre*sump"tive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  pr['e]somptif.] 
  1.  Based  on  presumption  or  probability;  grounded  on  probable 
  evidence;  probable;  as  presumptive  proof. 
 
  2.  Presumptuous;  arrogant.  [R.]  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  {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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  presumptive 
  adj  1:  having  a  reasonable  basis  for  belief  or  acceptance;  "the 
  presumptive  heir  (or  heir  apparent)" 
  2:  affording  reasonable  grounds  for  belief  or  acceptance; 
  "presumptive  evidence";  "a  strong  presumptive  case  is  made 
  out" 




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