\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}.