Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,052. Its county seat is Winchester. Franklin County is part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
2. purport-the pervading meaning or tenor; caught the general drift of the conversation. drift. tenor, strain-the general meaning or substance of an utterance; although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument.
To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed.