Legal Definition and Related Resources of Operative

Meaning of Operative

A workman; one employed to perform labor for another. See 2 Cush. (Mass.) 371.

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Synonyms of Operative

adjective

acting
active
adequate
advantageous
ample
applicable
at work
beneficial
capable
competent
effective
effectual
efficax
efficient
employed
fruitful
functional
functioning
helpful
in action
in effect
in force
in harness
in operation
in play
instrumental
on duty
operational
performing
potent
productive
serviceable
successful
sufficient
useable
useful
valid
workable
working
yielding
outstanding
overt
patent
perceivable
perceptible
perspicuous
plain
prominent
pronounced
recognizable
revealed
salient
seeable
striking
transparent
unclouded
unconcealed
uncovered
undisguised
unhidden
unmistakable
unobstructed
unprotected
unsecluded
unsheltered
unshielded
visible Associated Concepts: open and notorious possession
open court

Operative in the National Security Context

A definition and brief description of Operative in relation to national security is as follows:An employee of an intelligence agency. Compare with agent and intelligence officer.

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