deposition

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  1. noun The act of deposing, as from high office.
  2. noun The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process.
  3. noun Something deposited; a deposit.
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  • I requested them to take it off; that I had the deposition in my hand to which alone I would swear; they did so, and my deposition was attached. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
  • If Rove fails to show up for the scheduled Feb. 23 deposition, the full House will likely vote to hold Rove in contempt, said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, during an interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann late last month. —  Consortiumnews.com
  • A million years worth of deposition could be as much several 10s of meters, but only in a few select and localized places. —  Clastic Detritus
  • In the course of a deposition, they learn of a potentially favorable witness to an accident, but there is incomplete identification. —  Law.com - Newswire
  • Mr. Cheney's lawyers had responded - successfully until Monday's ruling by Judge Christine M. Arguello in Denver - that a deposition was unnecessary. —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
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  1. from Old French deposition, French déposition = Spanish deposicion = Portuguese deposição = Italian deposizione, from Late Latin depositio(n-), a laying down, from Latin deponere, past participle depositus, lay down, deposit: see deposit, depose, depone.
 

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