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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

dispositive

adj. Being a deciding factor (of a fact or factor) bringing about a final determination. dispositive clause. Scots law. In a deed. the clause of conveyance by which the grantor directs how to dispose of the property.

dispositive fact

1. A fact that confers rights or causes the loss of rights. 0 A dispositive fact may be either an investitive or a divestitive fact. - Also termed vestitive fact (ves-to-tiv). 2. A fact that is decisive of a legal matter; evidence that definitively resolves a legal issue or controversy. See DISPOSITION.

dispositive treaty

A treaty by which a country takes over territory by impressing a special character on it, creating something analogous to a servitude or easement in private law.