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dispositive

Syllabification: (dis·pos·i·tive)

Definition of dispositive

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)

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