Sentence examples for dispositive in from inspiring English sources

"Ownership is not dispositive in a dispute between states over supplying water to citizens of both states," Mr. Raphael said.

Although this is indeed a determination for the executive branch to make, we are concerned that the executive branch has developed a practice of bypassing traditional checks and balances and treating these determinations as dispositive in all cases.

Although her lead in the survey, from Public Policy Polling, was within the poll's margin of error, it is probably right to consider her a very slight favorite to defeat Mr. Castle based on the sharp upward trajectory in her numbers - a phenomenon that can sometimes be dispositive in primaries, where voters may jump on the bandwagon of a once-obscure candidate who suddenly appears to be viable.

These built-in effects, while not necessarily large or dispositive in all cases, render the starting point for our analysis of vertical mergers more challenging than horizontal mergers.

The Work of this research currently underway, (S.EL HARRASSI, P.LAUDATI. 2012) to improve e-learning dispositive in the field of sport, we conducted a field study to the Faculty STAPS FSMS learner's of the University of Valenciennes UVHC in France.

The Commission believes that, in order to meet this standard, an exchange that lists and trades shares of commodity-trust exchange-traded products ("ETPs") must, in addition to other applicable requirements, satisfy two requirements that are dispositive in this matter.

In the chaotic first days after the 2000 election, Al Gore and George W. Bush selected Christopher and James A. Baker III as their respective representatives in Florida, which was the dispositive state in the race.

"But it is not a victory, much less a dispositive victory, in the political debate over how we should be processing war criminals".

The use of race must be minimal enough that it does not serve a dispositive role in the admissions calculus, but it must be powerful enough that it achieves its aims of ushering greater diversity into the student body.

In addition, the Innovation Act limits discovery until the issuance of a "claim construction" order defining the patent(s) at issue (which is often a dispositive event in patent litigation), while the PATENT Act precludes any discovery until the resolution of certain preliminary motions.

"Accordingly, absent the receipt of significant derogatory information indicating a serious threat to public safety and welfare, lawful permanent resident status will be a dispositive factor in our case-by-case determinations".