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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Definitive, a. and n. Also: -itif, defynatiwe. [ME. defynytyfe (15th c.), -finytive, etc. OF. definitif, -ive, L. dēfinītīvus. Cf. Diffinitive.] Of a sentence or decreet: Determinative, conclusive. Also absol. as noun. 1446 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 404.
We … has determynit and concludit the said clame … for sentence definitif in maner and fourm as efter folouis 1529 Lennox Mun. 232.
Tyll abyd and wnderlye the … sentence, and arbytrall decret defynatiwe to be gyffyne 1578 Conv. Burghs I. 59.
That the conseruatour … give his opinioun, befoir definitive be givin out 1592 Digest Iusticiary Proc. P. 31.
Ther is nather sentence definitive, interloquitour, nor ordinance of the lordis dome judiciallie that makis ony fayth
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