Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISPOSITIVE
a.That implies disposal. [Not used. ]
DISPOSITIVELY
adv. In a dispositive manner; distributively. [Not used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISPOSITIVE
Dis *pos "i *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dispositif. ]
1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs. ] His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.
2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs. ] "Dispositive holiness. " Jer. Taylor.
DISPOSITIVELY
DISPOSITIVELY Dis *pos "i *tive *ly, adv.
Defn: In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, ... break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dispositive
dis pos i tive |disˈpäzitiv dəˈspɑzədɪv | ▶adjective relating to or bringing about the settlement of an issue or the disposition of property: such litigation will rarely be dispositive of any question. • Law dealing with the disposition of property by deed or will: the testator had to make his signature after making the dispositive provisions. • dealing with the settling of international conflicts by an agreed disposition of disputed territories: a peace settlement in the nature of a dispositive treaty. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘contributory, conducive ’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin dispositivus, from Latin disposit- ‘arranged, disposed, ’ from the verb disponere (see dispose ).
Oxford Dictionary
dispositive
dispositive |dɪsˈpɒzətɪv | ▶adjective relating to or bringing about the settlement of an issue or the disposition of property: such litigation will rarely be dispositive of any question. • (in Scots and US law ) dealing with the disposition of property by deed or will: the testator had to make his signature after making the dispositive provisions. • (in US law ) producing a final settlement or determination. • dealing with the settling of international conflicts by an agreed disposition of disputed territories. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘contributory, conducive ’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin dispositivus, from Latin disposit- ‘arranged, disposed ’, from the verb disponere (see dispose ).
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