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Most certainly the Von Duprin 9975L-F Fire Rated Mortise Lock Device With Lever Trim would be considered “positive locking hardware” in that every time the door closes this hardware will be positively latch or engaged in its strike.
As an aside the term positive locking refers to the locksmithing industry and has a different meaning as it pertains to a condition within a cylinder and how the locking of that particular cylinder is obtained. This definition is also available in the List Councils dictionary linked above as well.