Mr. Starr then withdrew the subpoena, avoiding a definitive court fight.
The decision could be as politically definitive as the continuing fight over plans to redevelop the city's waterfront.
Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain, at a televised news conference here, said the arrest was a "definitive operation in the fight against ETA".
Not definitive, just definite.
For instance, some have big punching power but it is harder to knock out an amateur wearing headgear, and a knockout is a pretty definitive way to win a fight as a pro.
As there is no definitive date of when Dyer turned professional and many fights in the early 20th century were poorly recorded, the boxing record associated with Dyer is incomplete.
He was the author of "Fighting Fires in High Rise Buildings," the definitive text on the subject with international distribution.
On his retirement, appointed OBE for his services to nature conservation, he continued to fight for the environment, and wrote the definitive book Land Use, Ecology and Conservation of Broadland (1992).
Still, in a last ditch effort to find a definitive answer, I called up the Wetherspoons where the fight took place.
I don't want to start any fights here, but I think I might have definitive proof that cats are superior to dogs.
