During the course of the car's road test career the matter was never definitively settled.

Both are plausible and have some supporting evidence, but lacking hard information, the issue probably will not be settled definitively.

Douglas acknowledges that he probably cannot definitively settle controversy in these cases.

It was a unanimous decision, and until now I have not heard anyone doubt that it definitively settled the question.

Its taxonomic status has been under discussion for some decades and several questions still have not been definitively settled.

The debate on this has not been definitively settled, however, and the possibility of establishing the circumstances of his birth probably died with him.

But even that allows for some ambiguity, he said, because the circumstances under which an attorney can disapprove a contract have not been definitively settled.

In May 1994 a ceasefire was signed, but which did not definitively settle the territorial dispute to the satisfaction of all parties.

He was granted a federal judicial order barring further construction until the matter was definitively settled.

Unfortunately, the destruction of about 80% of the colony by fire and construction makes it impossible to definitively settle the question.