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1
a
formal
written
statement
made or used in a
law
court
:
Examples:
file
a deposition Before the
court
case
, we had to
file
a deposition.
give a deposition She gave her deposition as part of an
earlier
lawsuit
.
take a deposition Our
lawyer
took a deposition from us.
sworn
deposition In a
sworn
deposition, she told
lawyers
that she had never seen the man before.
2
the
forming
of a
layer
of a
substance
such as
soil
or
rock
, or the
layer
that is
formed
:
Examples:
deposition of In the
stream
bed
you can find
small
,
rounded
calcite
pebbles
formed
by the deposition of
layer
upon
layer
of
calcium
in
solution
.
There is a deposition of
minerals
from the
hot
, hydrous
fluids
within
the Earth's
crust
.
3
the
act
of
depositing
(=
leaving
) something
somewhere
, or the
substance
,
object
, etc. that is left:
Examples:
Archaeologists
have
noted
ritual
depositions
of
metal
objects
such as
coins
or
bronze
vessels
in
rivers
and marshes.
4
the
act
of
removing
someone
important
from a
powerful
position
:
Examples:
Crowds
celebrated
the dictator's deposition.
5
a
formal
written
statement
by a
witness
in a
legal
matter
6
a
process
in which a
gas
changes
to a
solid
without first
becoming
a
liquid
7
the
process
by which
solid
materials
, such as
earth
and
rock
, are
added
to
gradually
by the
action
of
wind
or water, or the
structure
resulting
from this
process
8
a
statement
made by someone to say that something is true and used in a
court
of
law
:
Examples:
give/make a deposition
say/
state
/
testify
sth in a deposition
Mrs
Gordon said in a deposition that she
signed
the
loan
guarantee
at her husband's
request
.
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