resolutive

English

Etymology

Compare French résolutif.

Adjective

resolutive (comparative more resolutive, superlative most resolutive)

Serving to dissolve or relax.
- 1681, James Dalrymple, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland […] :
  But for clearing further of the Point , distinction would be made of the Nature and Tenor of the Clause , which may either be suspensive or resolutive of the Property or Fee in the former case

References

“resolutive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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