putative

adjective4

1. •
   Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

   • Just as Prince Sihanouk is fronting for the Khmer Rouge today . . . so also was he their putative leader from 1970 to 1975. — 1989
2. •
   Accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.

   • In answer to the objection, that if a thing is only putative, it is fictitious — 1831
3. •
   Alleged, purported, ostensible, professed.
4. •
   (nonstandard) Prospective, potential, proposed.

   • The text was then promptly rejected in France and a little later in the Netherlands and as these were both core founding members the putative constitution was politically finished. — 2011