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deposition
[ dep-uh-zish-uhn, dee-puh- ]
noun
- removal from an office or position.
- the act or process of depositing:
deposition of the documents with the Library of Congress.
- the state of being deposited or precipitated:
deposition of soil at the mouth of a river.
- something that is deposited.
- Law.
- the giving of testimony under oath.
- the testimony so given.
- a statement under oath, taken down in writing, to be used in court in place of the spoken testimony of the witness.
- Ecclesiastical.
- the interment of the body of a saint.
- the reinterment of the body or the relics of a saint.
- (initial capital letter) a work of art depicting Christ being lowered from the Cross.
deposition
1/ ˌdiːpə-; ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən /
noun
- law
- the giving of testimony on oath
- the testimony so given
- the sworn statement of a witness used in court in his absence
- the act or instance of deposing
- the act or an instance of depositing
- something that is deposited; deposit
Deposition
2/ ˌdiːpə-; ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən /
noun
- the taking down of Christ's body from the Cross or a representation of this
deposition
- The accumulation or laying down of matter by a natural process, as the laying down of sediments in a river or the accumulation of mineral deposits in a bodily organ.
- The process of changing from a gas to a solid without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. Carbon dioxide, at a pressure of one atmosphere, undergoes deposition at about −78 degrees Celsius.
- Compare sublimation
Other Word Forms
- o·tDz· adjective
- Dzd··tDz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of deposition1
Word History and Origins
Origin of deposition1
Example Sentences
Under orders from its legal department, ‘’60 Minutes’’ did not broadcast the interview or air Wigand’s most damaging charges until after the Wall Street Journal reported on a deposition he gave in another case.
He said that during depositions in the civil case, the prosecutors and law enforcement officers who targeted Carson did not acknowledge that they had done anything wrong.
A similar report filed by the defence was ruled inadmissible - especially after its author admitted in a deposition that the melodies of the two songs were incomparable because "the rhythms are different".
Allred on Monday filed a notice of deposition in Santa Fe, demanding that Baldwin testify in New York on May 9.
Earlier this summer, I was subpoenaed to watch it as part of a deposition in the civil suit.
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