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dis·po·si·tion n

1 a: the final determination of a matter (as a case or motion) by a court or quasi-judicial tribunal

the beneficiary of such a disposition of charges against him — United States v. Smith, 354 A.2d 510 (1976) compare decision, holding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict

b: the sentence given to a convicted criminal defendant

probation is often a desirable disposition — W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel; also: the sentence given to or treatment prescribed for a juvenile offender

2: transfer to the care, possession, or ownership of another

to either a surviving spouse or a charity, those disposition s are totally exonerated from the payment of taxes — Matter of McKinney, 477 N.Y.S.2d 367 (1984); also: the power of such transferral

3: the state or condition of being predisposed: predisposition