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dispositive, a. (n.)|dɪˈspɒzɪtɪv|
[In Caxton a. F. dispositif, -ive (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. type *dispositīv-us, f. disposit-us, pa. pple. of dispōnĕre to dispose: see -ive. In later use prob. immed. from L. or on L. analogies.]
A. adj.
†1. Characterized by special disposition or appointment. Obs. rare.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 127 b/1 It is said that thys lyght was dipositif sodayne and celestyall.
2. That has the quality of disposing or inclining: often opposed to effective, and so nearly = preparatory, conducive, contributory: cf. B. 1.
1612W. Sclater Chr. Strength 13 Papists..allow to nature a power dispositiue, and ability to prepare it selfe to regeneration. 1616Brent tr. Sarpi's Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 222 They did..deny all effective or dispositive virtue in the Sacraments. 1624F. White Repl. Fisher 546 Some causes are dispositiue, adiuuant, or impetrant. 1710J. Norris Chr. Prud. ii. 80 That which makes a man act Prudently..(in a remote and dispositive sense). 1894Tablet 20 Jan. 86 This new learning continued, by a sort of dispositive logic, to educate the English mind.
3. Having the quality or function of directing, controlling, or disposing of something; relating to direction, control, or disposal.
dispositive clause (Sc. Law): the clause of conveyance in a deed, by which the disposition of the property (see disposition 4) is expressed.
1613–18Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 29 It was not in the power of King Edward to collate [the Crown]..by any dispositiue and testamentary will. 1684Bates Duty of Resignation (R.) Without..his dispositive wisdom and power, the whole frame would disband and fall into confusion. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 28 Sentences wherein dispositive and enacting Terms are made Use of. 1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) II. xliv. 781 When [the law] leaves a certain latitude to the parties, it is called dispositive or provisional; being to take effect only in case no disposition is made by the parties themselves. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 294/2 All the other clauses of the deed are merely auxiliary, or subservient to the dispositive clause, to which they are intended to give effect. 1868Act 31–32 Vict. c. 101 Sched. B. No. 1 After the inductive and dispositive clauses, the deed may proceed thus.
†4. Of or pertaining to natural disposition or inclination. Obs.
1656Artif. Handsom. 84 Not to be reduced to any rules or bounds of reason and religion; no, not under any intentionall piety, and habituall or dispositive holinesse. 1681Baxter Apol. Nonconf. Min. 124 Want of dispositive willingness or of a right will.
†B. n. Obs. rare.
1. Something that disposes or inclines (see A. 2).
1629H. Burton Babel no Bethel 33 Their faith [is] but as a preparatiue or dispositiue to justification.
2. A dispositive document, law, or clause (see A. 3).
1677Temple Let. to Coventry Wks. 1731 II. 431 There was one essential Default in the very Dispositive; which was, The Omission of that Clause. |