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Deposition

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

(2):

(n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

(3):

(n.) The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

(4):

(n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

(5):

(n.) That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

(6):

(n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Deposition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/deposition.html. 1828.
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