relating to or bringing about the settlement of an issue or the disposition of property 解决问题的;处理财产的 such litigation will rarely be dispositive of any question. 这种诉讼很难解决任何问题。 ■(in Scots and US law) dealing with the disposition of property by deed or will (苏格兰和美国法律中)通过契约(或遗嘱)进行财产分配的 the testator had to make his signature after making the dispositive provisions. 在制定了财产处分条款后,遗嘱人必须签字。 ■dealing with the settling of international conflicts by an agreed disposition of disputed territories 解决国际争端的 a peace settlement in the nature of a dispositive treaty. 解决国际争端的条约所具有的和平解决方式。 ■(in US law) producing a final settlement or determination (美国法律用语)终审的
语源
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)