Presumptive
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Presumptive may refer to:
  • Heir presumptive
    Heir Presumptive
    An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...

    , a person who is expected to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but their position can be displaced by the birth of another person with a better claim to the position.
  • Presumptive nominee
    Presumptive nominee
    In politics, the presumptive nominee is a political candidate who is all but assured of his or her party's nomination, but has not yet been formally nominated...

    , a person who is candidate for President who has not yet received a party nomination, but is expected to receive that nomination in the near future.
  • Speaker-presumptive
    Speaker-presumptive
    A Speaker-presumptive is a member of a House of Representatives or other lower House who has not yet been formally selected as Speaker of the House, but who it is assumed will be at the next available opportunity. Typically, this applies to a Minority Leader who is expected to become Speaker upon...

    , a person who is not yet the speaker of a parliament, but is expected to become the speaker in the near future
  • The Presumptive Tax Regime in Pakistan.
  • Presumptive mood, or irrealis mood, a grammatical mood
    Grammatical mood
    In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used to signal modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying...

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