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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/ ËŒdiËpÉ™-; ËŒdÉ›pəˈzɪʃə²Ô /
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/ ËŒdiËpÉ™-; ËŒdÉ›pəˈzɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- the taking down of Christ's body from the Cross or a representation of this
deposition
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- 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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deposition1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deposition1
Example Sentences
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.
“At Vasagård the deposition of the engraved stones correlates with a change from activities centred on the causewayed enclosure to new rituals taking place in small, circular cult houses inside wooden palisades,†the authors write.
But when they arrived she was "shocked" and "furious" to find no other guests present except for her partner, a photographer, the photographer's friend and a celebrant, according to her deposition quoted in court documents.
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