dispositive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Intending to, resulting in, or capable of disposition (disposing, disposing of, or settling a matter).
Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
By natural disposition, having such an inclination.

noun

/dɪˈspɒzɪtɪv/

dispositive more dispositive most dispositive dispositives

From Middle French dispositif and its source, Latin dispositus. Compare Piedmontese dispositiv.

cogent

dispositively nondispositive

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